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wget

GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS the most widely-used Internet protocols.

Maintainers

• The Core Planners: chef-core-planners@chef.io

Type of Package

Binary package

Use as Dependency

Binary packages can be set as runtime or build time dependencies. See Defining your dependencies for more information.

To add core/wget as a depdendency, you can add one of the following to your plan file.

Buildtime Dependency

pkg_build_deps=(core/wget)

Runtime Depdendency

pkg_deps=(core/wget)

Use as Tool

Installation

To install this plan, you should run the following commands to first install, and then link the binaries this plan creates.

hab pkg install core/wget

» Installing core/wget

☁ Determining latest version of core/wget in the 'stable' channel

☛ Verifying core/wget/1.19.5/20200306010801

...

✓ Installed core/wget/1.19.5/20200306010801

★ Install of core/wget/1.19.5/20200306010801 complete with 1 new packages installed.

hab pkg binlink core/wget

» Binlinking wget from core/wget into /bin

★ Binlinked wget from core/wget/1.19.5/20200306010801 to /bin/wget

Using an example binary

You can now use the binary as normal:

/bin/wget --help or wget --help

GNU Wget 1.19.5, a non-interactive network retriever.
Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]...

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

Startup:
  -V,  --version                   display the version of Wget and exit
  -h,  --help                      print this help
  -b,  --background                go to background after startup
  -e,  --execute=COMMAND           execute a `.wgetrc'-style command
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