

The latest version of wget should configure, make, and install fine in Mac OS X El Capitan and Yosemite as well.įor most Mac users, they’ll likely want to simply install Homebrew first and then get wget, simply because Homebrew makes command line package management incredibly easy and there’s no manual building and compiling of source code necessary. Install wget, it ends up in /usr/local/bin/:Ĭonfirm everything worked by running wget:Ĭlean up by removing wget source files when finished: configure -with-ssl=openssl -with-libssl-prefix=/usr/local/ssl Note if you still have an error in Mac OS X 10.10+, Mac OS X 10.11+, macOS Sierra, Mojave, and later, use this variation of configure (from Martin in the comments): Next we use tar to uncompress the files you just downloaded:Ĭonfigure with the appropriate –with-ssl flag to prevent a “GNUTLS not available” error: You can pick whichever one you want from the directory if you want a different version) (sidenote: a new version of wget may be available, version 1.16.3 (wget-1.16.3.tar.gz) has been confirmed to work in MacOS Mojave, High Sierra, OS X El Capitan and OS X Yosemite, 1.15 is confirmed compatible with OS X Mavericks, while 1.13.4 has been confirmed compatible with OS X Mountain Lion. Or to use an older version (prior versions of Mac OS X, including Mavericks, Mountain Lion, etc)
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Using curl to download the latest wget source for El Capitan, Yosemite, etc: You can check always check for the latest wget version through at /gnu/wget/ here. Moving ahead and assuming you have Xcode and the command line tools installed, launch Terminal and enter the following commands as shown.įirst, use curl to download the latest wget source: Command Line Tools installs a C compiler, GCC, and many other helpful utilities that are commonly used in the unix world.

Because the package has to download from Apple, it may take a while depending on your internet connection. Honestly, using Homebrew is much easier and is probably better for most users, but admittedly it’s not for everyone.įor those who don’t have the Command Line Tools package either with or without Xcode installed yet, it’s fairly simple: Open Terminal and type ‘xcode-select –install’, or you can do it from Xcode by opening XCode, then go “Preferences” and to the downloads section, and choose “Install Command Line Tools”, or you can get it from the Apple Developer Site as described here. This approach is going to build and install wget in Mac OS X from source, this means you’ll need Xcode (App Store link), or at least and the Unix command line dev tools installed on the Mac, but it has the benefit of eliminating the need of a package manager like Homebrew or MacPorts. A few responses said I was on wireless internet which had a firewall, but I've tried it on two different networks now and I don't think that is the problem.The command line tool wget lets you retrieve a group of files from FTP and HTTP protocols, it’s a very useful utility for web developers and powerusers to have around because it lets you do things like perform quick and dirty site backups and even mirror websites locally. I've searched the web trying to figure out what this all means. To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:Įrror: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed

Rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-42/rsync/io.c(452) Ĭommand failed: /usr/bin/rsync -rtzv -delete-after rsync:///release/tarballs/base.tar /opt/local/var/macports/sources//release/tarballsĮrror: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed Rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (31 bytes received so far) Rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-42/rsync/token.c(419) Rsync: mkstemp "/opt/local/var/macports/sources//release/tarballs/." failed: Permission denied (13) > Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync Then I do the following and my update doesn't work port -v selfupdate I've already run sudo xcode-select -installĪnd agreed to the license.

I'm trying to auto-update my MacPorts and recently upgraded to Mavericks.
