How to Install wget on Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wget in various Linux distribution. wget is one of the most famous downloader in Linux. Almost all Linux users should know and familiar with basic usage of wget.

Install wget on CentOS / RHEL / Oracle Linux / Fedora

To install wget on CentOS 6 / 7 / 8 you can use command below

sudo yum install wget

In CentOS 8 you can also use dnf command to install wget.

sudo dnf install wget

You can test wget command by checking it’s version

wget --version

Sample wget version detail in CentOS 7

Install wget on Ubuntu / Debian / Linux Mint

To install wget on Ubuntu Linux or Debian or another Debian or Ubuntu derived distribution you can use command below

sudo apt-get install wget

or you can also use apt command instead of apt-get

sudo apt install wget

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wget on CentOS. This method of installing wget can also be applied on RHEL / Oracle Linux / Fedora system.

After that we learn how to install wget on Ubuntu Linux. This one applies on .deb based system like Debian itself and also Linux Mint.

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