Mac OS X Sierra Install wget Network Downloader Utility
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recently learned that “wget” can continue getting a partially-downloaded (resume download) file. I am unable to find wget command on Mac OS X. How do I install install wget on Mac OS X (Mountain Lion/ Mavericks / Snow Leopard)? How can I install wget in Mac OS X without 3rd-party repo such as Homebrew or MacPorts?
You can install the latest version of GNU/wget and many other open source software without using Homebrew or MacPorts. The steps are as follows to install wget on macOS Sierra using either Homebrew or source code:
Easy method #1: Install Homebrew and type command ‘brew install wget‘ on macOS Sierra.
Source code method #2:
Download, compile and install OpenSSL
Download, compile and install wget on macOS Sierra
Let use see both methods in detailed.
Method #1: Install wget using brew (recommended method)
Trust me this is the best and easy method to install wget using Homebrew:
Install Homebrew
$ /usr/bin/ruby -e $(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)
Install wget
$ brew install wget
Sample outputs:
Updating Homebrew…
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/wget-1.19.1.sierra.bottle.tar.gz
################################################################## 100.0%
==> Pouring wget-1.19.1.sierra.bottle.tar.gz
? /usr/local/Cellar/wget/1.19.1: 10 files, 1.6MB
Use wget
$ /usr/local/bin/wget url
$ /usr/local/bin/wget url/file.tar.gz
$ /usr/local/bin/wget https://www.cyberciti.biz/
That is all, and you need to stop reading the rest. Please note that the rest of the following tutorial covers wget command installation using the source code method.
Method #2: Install wget using source code (recommended for advanced users only)
You need to install a free app called Xcode. It includes command line development tools such as gnu/gcc and friends. See how to install GCC Compiler with Xcode for more information.
Fig.01: Install gcc compiler on Mac OS X
I installed command line tools using the following command:
$ xcode-select –install
Step #1: Download gnu/wget source code
Use curl command as follows to download the latest gnu/wget from the official project site. Open the Terminal and than type the following commands:
$ cd /tmp
$ curl -O http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.15.tar.gz
$ ls -l
Sample outputs:
Fig.02: Downloading wget source code with the curl utility
Step #2: Extract files
Use the tar command to extract files on OS X as follows:
$ tar xvf wget-1.15.tar.gz
Sample outputs:
x wget-1.15/
x wget-1.15/doc/
x wget-1.15/doc/stamp-vti
x wget-1.15/doc/texi2pod.pl
x wget-1.15/doc/Makefile.in
….
..
…
x wget-1.15/NEWS
x wget-1.15/configure
x wget-1.15/ChangeLog
x wget-1.15/MAILING-LIST
Step #3: Configure, Compile and Install GNU/wget on OS X
First, cd to the wget-1.15 directory using cd command:
$ cd wget-1.15
To configure wget, enter:
$ ./configure –with-ssl=openssl
Sample outputs:
Configure: configuring for GNU Wget 1.15
checking for a BSD-compatible install… /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane… yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p… build-aux/install-sh -c -d
checking for gawk… no
checking for mawk… no
checking for nawk… no
checking for awk… awk
….
..
…
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating doc/Makefile
config.status: creating util/Makefile
config.status: creating po/Makefile.in
config.status: creating tests/Makefile
config.status: creating tests/WgetTest.pm
config.status: creating lib/Makefile
config.status: creating src/config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing po-directories commands
config.status: creating po/POTFILES
config.status: creating po/Makefile
To compile wget on OS X, enter:
$ make
Sample outputs:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/make all-recursive
Making all in lib
rm -f alloca.h-t alloca.h && \
{ echo /* DO NOT EDIT! GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY! */ ; \
cat ./alloca.in.h; \
} > alloca.h-t && \
mv -f alloca.h-t alloca.h
….
..
…
gcc -O2 -Wall -o wget cmpt.o connect.o convert.o cookies.o ftp.o css_.o css-url.o ftp-basic.o ftp-ls.o hash.o host.o html-parse.o html-url.o http.o init.o log.o main.o netrc.o progress.o ptimer.o recur.o res.o retr.o spider.o url.o warc.o utils.o exits.o build_info.o version.o ftp-opie.o openssl.o http-ntlm.o ../lib/libgnu.a -liconv -lssl -lcrypto -lz -ldl -lz -lz
Making all in doc
./texi2pod.pl -D VERSION= 1.15 ./wget.texi wget.pod
/usr/bin/pod2man –center= GNU Wget –release= GNU Wget 1.14 wget.pod > wget.1
Making all in po
Making all in tests
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all .
Making all in util
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all .
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all-am .
To install wget, enter:
$ sudo make install
Find out wget location on OS X
By default wget will be installed at the /usr/local/bin/wget. You can use the whereis utility (or type -a) to check the wget location, enter:
$ whereis wget
OR
$ type -a wget
If you do not see output, edit $HOME/.bash_profile or $HOME/.bashrc and add/edit/append PATH as follows:
export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/bin
Save and close the file.
How do I use wget command?
The basic syntax is:
wget url
wget http://www.cyberciti.biz/
wget ftp://url/
To see wget version, type:
$ wget –version
Sample outputs:
Installed wget on macOS Sierra
How do I update installed gnu/wget on OS X?
Warning: The following method only works if you installed gnu/wget earlier using source code based method as described above. Do not use the following method if you installed wget using Homebrew or MacPorts.
A note about installing wget on macOS Sierra using source code
You need to first install the latest version of openssl:
Step #1: Grab and install latest openssl version 1.19.1 using source code ###
$ cd /tmp/
$ curl -O https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.0e.tar.gz
$ tar -zxvf openssl-1.1.0e.tar.gz
$ cd openssl-1.1.0e
$ ./config
$ make
$ sudo make install
Finally install wget using the following method:
Step #2: Grab and install wget version 1.19.1 using source code ###
$ cd /tmp
$ curl -O http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.19.1.tar.gz
$ tar -zxvf wget-1.19.1.tar.gz
$ cd wget-1.19.1
$ export OPENSSL_CFLAGS= -I/usr/local/include
$ export OPENSSL_LIBS= -L/usr/local/lib -lssl -lcrypto -lz
$ ./configure –with-ssl=openssl
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ /usr/local/bin/wget url
See also
I recommend the following resources for usage and examples on both wget and curl commands:
wget: An intro to your ultimate command line downloader
See how to use wget alternative curl on OS X to download files.
See wget(1).
GNU/wget home page.
And there you have it, gnu/wget installed from directly source code without using 3rd party repos.
