How to install wget on CentOS 8 using the yum/dnf command

bash: wget: command not found

This page explains how to set up wget on CentOS 8 using yum command/dnf command.

How to install wget on CentOS 8

The procedure to install wget command is as follows on CentOS Linux 8:

1. Open a terminal window.
2. Search for wget package on CentOS Enterprise Linux 8, run:
   sudo yum search wget
3. Run to install wget :
   sudo yum install wget
4. Verify wget installation, run:
   wget https://www.cyberciti.biz/files/hello-linux-module.zip
5. Check wget version by running:
   wget --version

Let us see all commands and steps in details to install wget in CentOS 8.

Installing wget command on CentOS 8

First try to locate wget package, run:
$ sudo yum search wget
Sample outputs:

==================================== Name Exactly Matched: wget =====================================
wget.x86_64 : A utility for retrieving files using the HTTP or FTP protocols

Type the following yum command or dnf command $ sudo dnf install wget
OR
$ sudo yum install wget

How to test wget command

Now you know how to install wget on CentOS 8. It is time to learn how to use it. The syntax is:
wget url
wget https://exampleDotCom/fileName
wget http://url/path.tar.gz
wget [options] urls

How to download a single file using wget

Run the following command:
$ wget https://www.cyberciti.biz/files/tw_cli.8.html
$ wget ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/sys.tar.gz
$ wget -O output.file https://www.cyberciti.biz/files/tw_cli.8.html
You can limit download speed as well:
wget --limit-rate=50k url
It is possible to set username and password while downloading files from password protected area:
wget --http-user=vivek --http-password=Secrete https://url-domain/file.tar.gz
For more info see “Linux wget: Your Ultimate Command Line Downloader”

How to resume broken downloads with wget

Again the syntax is as follows:
wget -c url
wget --continue url
wget --continue [options] url

Conclusion

This page explained how to install the wget command using the dnf command or yum command. Further, it also demonstrated basic usage of the wget for command line user. For more info see GNU/wget homepage here.