Re: How?

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Hi, 

thanks for that link again, Fernando (I had misplaced my note on it:-)

And now I wonder if anyone has ported wget2 to Windows? 

Thanks, 

Gerd



----- Original Message -----
From: "Fernando Cassia" <fcassia@gmail.com>
To: "ENG WKJC" <eng@wkjc.com>
Cc: "bug-wget" <bug-wget@gnu.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 1:14:17 AM
Subject: Re: How?

On Tue, 24 Oct 2023, 17:16 ENG WKJC, <eng@wkjc.com> wrote:

> Guys,
>
> Been looking for a solution that can run on Win7 or higher for HTTPS
> downloading.  However, I don't understand the whole GNU thing, other than
> it's
> open source and generally free software.
> I've looked at the software links and don't know what to do here.


HI Marv

You can find pre-built versions of wget for Windows on this Web site

32bit
https://eternallybored.org/misc/wget/1.21.4/32/wget.exe

And 64 bit
https://eternallybored.org/misc/wget/1.21.4/64/wget.exe

You just download the exe required for your system.

How to tell if your Windows installation is 32bit or 64bit👇
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/32-bit-and-64-bit-windows-frequently-asked-questions-c6ca9541-8dce-4d48-0415-94a3faa2e13d

... then manually copy to a folder in your computer, and then place that
folder in your "path" (the path is a listing of folder locations that
Windows uses to look for exe files)

(I personally use c:\utils and place all command line utilities there).

---
>From the command prompt:
MD C:\Utils
Copy %userprofile%\downloads\wget.exe c:\utils
---

Here is a tutorial on how to the add that folder you ju St created to the
system path
👇👇
https://www.architectryan.com/2018/03/17/add-to-the-path-on-windows-10/

You can then run wget from the command prompt from any directory or folder
just by calling it with 'wget'

Eg to get a listing of all options available
wget - -help

Others will be able to guide you after that.

If you want to see a video, sometimes a picture is better than a thousand
words....

https://youtu.be/cvvcG1a7dOM?si=Q5hO2GzlFFG0oRhC

Best,

FC
Buenos Aires, Argentina