wget with ssl support

Forum: Apps
Topic: wget with ssl support
started by: Big_Pc_Man

Posted by Big_Pc_Man on July 24 2007,21:10

There was some discussion on wget with ssl support back in January with a link to a new compiled version. The link no longer works. Is there a new wget for dsl that supports ssl available? I know the wget in the gnu_utilities works but all I want is just the wget command (trying to save space).

Previous discussion:
< http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....and+ssl >

Big Pc Man

Posted by lucky13 on July 24 2007,21:45

1. That thread was last posted to in Jan of 2006.
2. The only link I see is to yahoo's secure server and not for any compiled version of anything. If the link is broken, it's yahoo's problem and not DSL's.
3. The person who made the post noted that the yahoo secure server link didn't work when using the links browser.
4. The thread is primarily about SSL in links, not wget.
5. The question about making a DSL package was for the browser links, not wget.

Posted by Big_Pc_Man on July 24 2007,22:01

Thanks.
OK, let's forget about that link. Any feedback on wget with ssl?
Big Pc Man

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on July 24 2007,22:32

If you just want the gnu version of wget, but not the whole gnu-utils package, you can just extract that only from it for your use.

Posted by lucky13 on July 24 2007,23:04

Or you can use curl. There's a UCI version in testing.

Info file:
< http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub....ci.info >

Posted by Big_Pc_Man on July 24 2007,23:26

I'm not sure I understand your recommendation. The Upgrade to GNU Utils in the DSL menu performs the install resolving (removing) the sym links to the original utilities. I was hoping to avoid having to deal with this but perhaps it is necessary. Can you provide some guidance on how to do what you are suggesting.
Big Pc Man

Posted by lucky13 on July 24 2007,23:44

You would first download the gnu-utils from a mirror manually (using a browser or the wget version in busybox); don't use the menu or it will automatically mydls-load all of it. Then you would extract only the wget binary from the tarball. Its path in the tarball is /usr/local/bin/wget.

Alternatively, I can just send you the gzipped binary I extracted from gnu-utils.dsl when I looked to see if it was in /bin, /usr/bin, or /usr/local/bin. It's 66kb zipped. Let me know if you want it.

Posted by Big_Pc_Man on July 25 2007,00:07

Yes please send it.
Thank you
Big Pc Man

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on July 25 2007,02:18

It's actually in usr/bin/wget

Could do a simple script like

Code Sample

mkdir wget; cd wget; tar zxf /path/to/gnu-utils.dsl usr/bin/wget; tar zcvf ../gnu-wget.dsl usr/bin/wget; cd ..; rm -rf wget; mydsl-load gnu-wget.dsl

Posted by lucky13 on July 25 2007,02:36

Quote

It's actually in usr/bin/wget

Oops, you're right.

Quote

Yes please send it.

Done.

Posted by Big_Pc_Man on July 25 2007,02:53

Well here's what I tried so far
In aterminal at dsl@box:
1. mkdir wget
2. moved the gnu-utils.dsl to /wget from home/dsl (previously had downloaded file)
3. cd wget
4. tar zxf gnu-utils.dsl usr/bin/wget

response:
tar: usr/bin/wget: Not found in archive

Any ideas?

Mean while, some time later:
I managed to extract the wget command and it seems to execute in my home directory fine.

Posted by Big_Pc_Man on July 25 2007,03:19

Thanks for sending the wget file.

I was wondering what does this do ( at a high level)? I looked through the script but without careful study it is not readily obvious. I assume it turns wget into to an application that can now run in the dsl environment.

mydsl-load gnu-wget.dsl