Why is it that some of the essential tools that are used on a daily basis are missing from OS X?
Today I wanted to use wget and found that it was missing.
Fortunately, this is a very easy thing to fix. All you have to do is download the source code from the GNU page on the wget project, then follow the standard compile steps:
- unpack the source
- ./configure
- make
- sudo make install
Note: The compiled binary is placed in /usr/local/bin so you will need to add this to your path. This process varies depending on what shell you are using, but the default shell in 10.4.9 is bash.
How essential is wget to the average Mac user? It seems to me its just a small subset. Even of Web Designers, few care about the HTML that is returned. Though, to you? I absolutely agree, its an essential tool.
Time to become best friends with Steve, I guess.