To install wget on a Mac, first make sure you have Xcode installed. Then, create a place to do your installation from:
mkdir ~/Desktop/wgetinstall; cd ~/Desktop/wgetinstall
Then, curl it down from the gnu.org ftp servers:
curl -O http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.14.tar.gz
Next, extract the tar file:
tar xvf ~/Desktop/wgetinstall/wget-1.14.tar.gz
Then cd into the wget directory:
cd wget-1.14
And then let’s config:
./configure --with-ssl=openssl
Then a standard make:
make
Then a typical make install:
make install
Now let’s make sure we know where it went:
type -a wget
And now let’s test
wget —version
And to test downloading:
wget http://www.apple.com
Then, clean up after your installer:
rm -rf ~/Desktop/wgetinstall