Windows – How to install Wget for Windows

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I downloaded Wget from here, and got a file named wget-latest.tar.gz, dated 22-Sep-2009. I saved it into one of the folders on my D: drive and unzipped it. I read through the READ ME file, but didn't find any information there on how to install it. Since there was no Install file, I assumed that unzipping wget.zip into a previously created folder had installed it.

However, when I opened the command line and typed: 

 wget -r -A ".jpg,.gif,.png" http://mywebsite

I only got an error message. Since I am using Chinese version of XP at the moment and I don't read Chinese, I don't understand what this message is saying, but I assume it means that Wget didn't install properly.

So, how do I properly install Wget on Windows XP?

Best Answer

It sounds like you're using Windows. To download a pre-built wget.exe for Windows, see WGET for Windows.

In the box near the top of the page, wget.exe is a link to download the wget program itself. Since this is an exe file already, there's no need to unzip or install this particular version.

What you downloaded previously was the source code to wget, so you would need a compiler to build a wget for your system. This is probably not what you wanted.

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