wget

What’s wget?

Wget is a free and open source software tool widely used for retrieving files from the internet using well known protocols like HTTP, HTTPS and also FTP.

How to install wget on CentOS 7

The installation of “wget” on CentOS 7 is really an easy task when using YUM, you can use the following CLI command:

yum install wget
installing wget on CentOS 7

wget installation log

[root@centos7 ~]# yum install wget
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
epel/x86_64/metalink                                                       |  53 kB  00:00:00     
 * base: mirror-centos-jpa.hostdime.com.br
 * epel: epel.mirror.constant.com
 * extras: mirror-centos-jpa.hostdime.com.br
 * remi-safe: repo1.ash.innoscale.net
 * updates: mirror.espoch.edu.ec
base                                                                       | 3.6 kB  00:00:00     
epel                                                                       | 5.3 kB  00:00:00     
extras                                                                     | 2.9 kB  00:00:00     
remi-safe                                                                  | 3.0 kB  00:00:00     
updates                                                                    | 2.9 kB  00:00:00     
(1/5): extras/7/x86_64/primary_db                                          | 164 kB  00:00:15     
(2/5): updates/7/x86_64/primary_db                                         | 6.7 MB  00:00:17     
(3/5): epel/x86_64/updateinfo                                              | 1.0 MB  00:00:17     
(4/5): remi-safe/primary_db                                                | 1.7 MB  00:00:17     
(5/5): epel/x86_64/primary_db                                              | 6.7 MB  00:00:28     
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package wget.x86_64 0:1.14-18.el7_6.1 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

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 Package            Arch                 Version                         Repository          Size
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Installing:
 wget               x86_64               1.14-18.el7_6.1                 base               547 k

Transaction Summary
==================================================================================================
Install  1 Package

Total download size: 547 k
Installed size: 2.0 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
wget-1.14-18.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm                                            | 547 kB  00:00:15     
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
  Installing : wget-1.14-18.el7_6.1.x86_64                                                    1/1 
  Verifying  : wget-1.14-18.el7_6.1.x86_64                                                    1/1 

Installed:
  wget.x86_64 0:1.14-18.el7_6.1                                                                   

Complete!