How to Install Wget on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite With HomeBrew Easy Guide

Mac OS X Yosemite Installing wget Tool

The Unix Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Command Line Wget Tool for macOS 10.10 Yosemite BSD/Unix.

GNU Wget is a free utility for non-interactive download of files from the Web. It supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols, as well as retrieval through HTTP proxies.

1. How to Install HomeBrew for macOS 10.10 Yosemite.

   HomeBrew Installation

   Command to Install Brew on macOS

2. Open a Command Line Terminal Window
   Applications > Utilities > Terminal
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

3. Installing Wget Utility.

   sudo brew install wget

4. General Command to Download with Wget.

   wget http://[myLink]