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FreeBSD Install wget Utility To Download Files From Internet

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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.