Information about the package, wget, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The wget package is designed for, A utility for retrieving files using the HTTP or FTP protocols.
Package Name:
wget
Summary:
A utility for retrieving files using the HTTP or FTP protocols
Description:
GNU Wget is a file retrieval utility which can use either the HTTP or FTP protocols. Wget features include the ability to work in the background while you are logged out, recursive retrieval of directories, file name wildcard matching, remote file timestamp storage and comparison, use of Rest with FTP servers and Range with HTTP servers to retrieve files over slow or unstable connections, support for Proxy servers, and configurability.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.12
Release:
10.el6
Size:
1.8 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv3+ and GFDL
Control the wget package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install wget
This command will install wget on the server.
yum remove wget
This command will un-install wget on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove wget, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove wget
This command will un-install wget on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove wget when using the -y flag.
yum update wget
This command will update wget to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove wget, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update wget
This command will update wget to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove wget when using the -y flag.
yum info wget
This command will show you core information about the wget package.
yum deplist wget
This command will show you the dependencies for wget. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update wget
This command will check if there is an update waiting on wget. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.