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Windows binary of GNU Wget

Windows binaries of GNU Wget 1.21.3

wget

A command-line utility for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS and FTP protocols.

GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS the most widely-used Internet protocols. It is a non-interactive commandline tool, so it may easily be called from scripts, cron jobs and terminals.

How to use wget

Please read the official GNU Wget manual from the below link.

https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html

Build Environment

wget is built on GitHub Actions and cross compiled with mingw64 (Ubuntu & GNU/gcc 9.3). It's virus-free and safe to use.

All required libraries is statically linked, and it's not necessary to use third-party DLL.

Wget features

Wget windows bundled with all wget features except nls (multi-lang version).

GnuTLS version:

+cares +digest +gpgme +https +ipv6 +iri +large-file +metalink -nls +ntlm +opie +psl +ssl/gnutls

OpenSSL version:

+cares +digest +gpgme +https +ipv6 +iri +large-file +metalink -nls +ntlm +opie +psl +ssl/openssl

Local Build

Follow these steps to build wget for windows on WSL 1 or 2 (Debian/Ubuntu).

sudo apt-get install -y mingw-w64 mingw-w64-tools mingw-w64-i686-dev gcc
sudo apt-get install -y make m4 pkg-config automake gettext
cd /tmp
git clone https://github.com/webfolderio/wget-windows.git
cd wget-windows
./build.sh

Notes

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