Basic Packages for Linux® From Scratch - Version 2018-09-21

Chapter 3. Command Line Tools

Wget-1.19.5

Introduction to Wget

The Wget package contains a utility useful for non-interactive downloading of files from the Web.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.3 platform.

Package Information

Wget Dependencies

Recommended

make-ca-0.9 (runtime)

Optional

gnutls, gpgme, perl-http-daemon (for the test suite), perl-io-socket-ssl" (for the test suite), libidn2, libpsl, pcre, python (for the test suite), and valgrind (for the test suite)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/wget

Installation of Wget

Install Wget by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr      \
            --sysconfdir=/etc  \
            --with-ssl=openssl &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check. Nine tests fail if python2 was not built with SSL support.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--sysconfdir=/etc: This relocates the configuration file from /usr/etc to /etc.

--with-ssl=openssl: This allows the program to use openssl instead of gnutls.

--enable-valgrind-tests: This allows the tests to be run under valgrind.

Configuring Wget

Config Files

/etc/wgetrc and ~/.wgetrc

Contents

Installed Program: wget
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

wget

retrieves files from the Web using the HTTP, HTTPS and FTP protocols. It is designed to be non-interactive, for background or unattended operations.

Last updated on 2018-09-21 18:10:28 -0700