source: basicnet/netprogs/wget.xml@ 5738688

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY wget-download-http "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-&wget-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY wget-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-&wget-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY wget-md5sum        "308a5476fc096a8a525d07279a6f6aa3">
  <!ENTITY wget-size          "1.6 MB">
  <!ENTITY wget-buildsize     "16 MB">
  <!ENTITY wget-time          "0.2 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="wget" xreflabel="Wget-&wget-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="wget.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Wget-&wget-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="wget">
    <primary sortas="a-Wget">Wget</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Wget</title>

    <para>The <application>Wget</application> package contains a utility useful
    for non-interactive downloading of files from the Web.</para>

    &lfs67_built;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&wget-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&wget-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &wget-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &wget-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &wget-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &wget-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Wget Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="openssl"/> or <xref linkend="gnutls"/>,
    <xref linkend="libidn"/>, Perl Module Net::HTTP (for the test suite) 
    (see the standard Perl <xref linkend="perl-standard-install"/>), and
    <ulink url="http://www.inet.no/dante/">Dante</ulink></para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/wget"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Wget</title>

    <para>Install <application>Wget</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

    <!-- <para>Finally update the info dir file:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install-info -info-dir=/usr/share/info /usr/share/info/wget.info</userinput></screen> -->

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter>: This relocates
    the configuration file from <filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename> to
    <filename class="directory">/etc</filename>.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring Wget</title>

    <sect3 id="wget-config">
      <title>Config Files</title>

      <para><filename>/etc/wgetrc</filename> and
      <filename>~/.wgetrc</filename></para>

      <indexterm zone="wget wget-config">
        <primary sortas="e-AA.wgetrc">~/.wgetrc</primary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm zone="wget wget-config">
        <primary sortas="e-etc-wgetrc">/etc/wgetrc</primary>
      </indexterm>

      <para>There are no changes required to these files.</para>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>wget</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="wget-prog">
        <term><command>wget</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para> retrieves files from the Web using the HTTP, HTTPS and
          FTP protocols.  It is designed to be non-interactive, for
          background or unattended operations.</para>
          <indexterm zone="wget wget-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-wget">wget</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>