wget help

Forum: Apps
Topic: wget help
started by: dhatcher2@neo.rr.com

Posted by dhatcher2@neo.rr.com on Oct. 19 2004,18:26

I have seen topics on apt-get and wget and to tell the complete truth, I don't understand either one. I want to have a better web browser and e-mail client. I like Mozilla 1.7.3 browser and e-mail all in one) can someone tell me exactly how to get the tarball and install it please. I don't understand a lot of linux stuff yet but I want to learn very much. I only know how to click and execute (windoze style) and this wget stuff boggles me unless it is very specific. Also, once installed does Mozilla automatically put an icon on my desktop (the icon making process kills me too) if not, please tell me how to run mozilla from command line.

OR can I get Mozilla 1.7.3 via apt-get?

Posted by wasgate on Oct. 21 2004,00:09

dhatcher,

While I'm just a few notches up from being a Linux newbie, I'll chime in on wget.

wget is a simple way to download a file off of the web without the need to use your browser app.

Since DSL is a minimalist Linux Distro, many apps are executed a the command prompt, and wget falls into this catagory.

For example, if you execute the following at a command prompt, 'wget < http://www.google.com', > wget will download the HTML home page of Google to the current working directory.

To determine your current working directory, just issue the command 'pwd' at the command prompt. That'll be the directory/path where the wget command will save the file.

To learn more about wget try issuing 'wget --help | more' at the command prompt (use the space bar to page through the output).

I'm afraid my terminology is not Linux-speak, but I hope this description helps a bit.

Wasgate