How to install wget in macOS? [closed]

Question

I try to install wget in MAC OS 10.11.1 but when I run ./configure --with-ssl=openssl I get this error:

configure: error: --with-ssl=openssl was given, but SSL is not available.

How to resolve this problem in OSX 10.11.1?

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Answer 1

Using brew

First install brew:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

And then install wget with brew:

brew install wget

Using MacPorts

First, download and run MacPorts installer (.pkg)

And then install wget:

sudo port install wget

Lakeesha

I only had to run brew install wget --with-libressl and it worked flawlessly. Thanks – Ornithic

Got this when installing? Warning: wget: this formula has no --with-libressl option so it will be ignored! – Pammie

Or simply use: brew install wget . Homebrew will install any necessary dependencies – Fortify

Honestly, this is the most painless answer. Use brew! In brew we trust! – Twombly

Ehhhh what about those of us who don't use Brew and instead use MacPorts or something? – Chartreuse

Oh wow, Macports is very easy installation as well. I've edited it in. Just do sudo port install wget. – Chartreuse

Error: invalid option: --with-libressl – Narwhal

I'm on macOS Big Sur version 11.4 and brew install wget worked perfectly. Great question. Perfect answer. Thanks a ton – Pied

macOS Monterey v12.5 Only sudo port install wget worked for me. – Starstudded

homebrew should now be installed with /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)" via brew.sh – Matheson

'brew install wget' isn't working in Ventura 13.1 – Skysail

Answer 2

For macOS Sierra, to build wget 1.18 from source with Xcode 8.2.

1. Install Xcode

2. Build OpenSSL

   Since Xcode doesn't come with OpenSSL lib, you need build by yourself. I found this: https://github.com/sqlcipher/openssl-xcode, follow instruction and build OpenSSL lib. Then, prepare your OpenSSL directory with "include" and "lib/libcrypto.a", "lib/libssl.a" in it.

   Let's say it is: "/Users/xxx/openssl-xcode/openssl", so there should be "/Users/xxx/openssl-xcode/openssl/include" for OpenSSL include and "/Users/xxx/openssl-xcode/openssl/lib" for "libcrypto.a" and "libssl.a".

3. Build wget

   Go to wget directory, configure:

   ./configure --with-ssl=openssl --with-libssl-prefix=/Users/xxx/openssl-xcode/openssl
   

   wget should configure and found OpenSSL, then make:

   make
   

   wget made out. Install wget:

   make install
   

   Or just copy wget to where you want.

4. Configure cert

   You may find wget cannot verify any https connection, because there is no CA certs for the OpenSSL you built. You need to run:

   New way:

   If you machine doesn't have "/usr/local/ssl/" dir, first make it.

   ln -s /etc/ssl/cert.pem /usr/local/ssl/cert.pem
   

   Old way:

   security find-certificate -a -p /Library/Keychains/System.keychain > cert.pem
   security find-certificate -a -p /System/Library/Keychains/SystemRootCertificates.keychain >> cert.pem
   

   Then put cert.pem to: "/usr/local/ssl/cert.pem"

   DONE: It should be all right now.

Assignee

I mean... this works, but it's a lot tougher than just using homebrew – Crockery

@Crockery for someone who doesn't want to use homebrew – Assignee

Answer 3

You need to do

./configure --with-ssl=openssl --with-libssl-prefix=/usr/local/ssl

Instead of this

./configure --with-ssl=openssl

Dismuke

Answer 4

I update mac to Sierra , 10.12.3

My wget stop working.

When I tried to install by typing

brew install wget --with-libressl

I got the following warning

Warning: wget-1.19.1 already installed, it's just not linked.

Then tried to unsintall by typing

brew uninstall wget --with-libressl

Then I reinstalled by typing

brew install wget --with-libressl

Finally I got it worked.Thank God!

Danley

Answer 5

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

And then install wget with brew and also enable openressl for TLS support

brew install wget --with-libressl

It worked perfectly for me.

Obtest

This is exactly the same as the accepted answer and is older, yet has got a vote of -1 whilst the accepted answer has a vote of 122. Why? – Disingenuous

@Disingenuous this answer was submitted 15-Jun-2017, while the accepted answer was submitted 24-Nov-2015. I guess this answer is getting downvoted because it's a shameless copy of the accepted answer – Offshore

Oops, sorry, I read "Jun 15" as "June 2015"! Don't know where I thought the day had gone. :"> – Disingenuous