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How to install Wget on Ubuntu 26.04

March 15, 2026

In this blog post, we will show you how to install Wget on Ubuntu 26.04 OS. Wget is a command-line utility for downloading files from the Internet. It supports various protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and FTPS. Wget offers a variety of features such as non-interactive downloads, resumable downloads, recursive retrieval, background operations, system integration, etc. In this post, besides the installaiton we will show you some real-life wget commands with examples. Installing wget can be done in both ways: from the official repository OR builded from source.

The installation process of wget is straightforward, which may take different lengths depending on how we are using it. Let’s get Wget installed!

How to Install Wget on Debian 13

February 15, 2026

In this blog post, we will show you go to install Wget on Debian 13. Wget or World Wide Web Get is a free command-line utility for non-interactive file downloading from the Internet. Wget supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols, schedules downloads, supports recursive downloads, mirrors websites, can resume on interrupted connections, and works offline. The Wget tool is used daily by system administrators and developers on multiple operating systems such as Linux, Windows, and macOS. In this tutorial, we will install Wget from the default Debian 13 repository and build it from source.

Installing Wget is a straightforward process that may take different depending on which way we are using for installation. Let’s get started!

Difference Between Curl and wget Commands

August 29, 2023October 30, 2022

In this tutorial, we are going to explain the main difference between the curl and wget commands in Linux with examples.

These two commands are very often used by system administrators and other Linux users on daily basis. Curl is a free and open-source utility that offers to transfer data between remote machines. Wget is also a free command line utility that offers transferring files using HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and FTPS. Wget is a simple transfer utility, while curl offers so much more.

In this tutorial we are going to execute the commands on Ubuntu 22.04 but you can choose any Linux distro. Let’s get started!