FreeBSD Install wget Utility To Download Files From Internet

The wget utility is not installed by default in FreeBSD, but it can be easily installed using the pkg package manager.

To install wget, follow these steps:

  1. Open a terminal or login to the FreeBSD system.
  2. Type the following command as the root user to update the package repository:
    # pkg update
  3. Type the following command to install wget:
    # pkg install wget
  4. Once the installation is complete, you can use wget to download files from the internet.

    For example, to download a file named example.tar.gz from a website, you can use the following command:

    $ wget http://example.com/example.tar.gz

    This will download the file to the current directory.

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