GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols. It is a non-interactive commandline tool, so it may easily be called from scripts, cron jobs, terminals without Xsupport, etc.
GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols. It is a non-interactive commandline tool, so it may easily be called from scripts, cron jobs, terminals without Xsupport, etc.
To install wget, run the following command in macOS terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal)
sudo port install wget
To see what files were installed by wget, run:
port contents wget
To later upgrade wget, run:
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade wget
Reporting an issue on MacPorts Trac
The MacPorts Project uses a system called Trac to file tickets to report bugs and enhancement requests.
Though anyone may search Trac for tickets, you must have a GitHub account in order to login to Trac to create tickets.