How to Install and Uninstall wget Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "wget" package

Please follow the instructions below to install wget on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                wget
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "wget" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall wget on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                wget
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the wget package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: wget
Version: 1.20.1-1.1
Installed-Size: 3257
Maintainer: Noël Köthe
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.6), libidn2-0 (>= 0.6), libnettle6, libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.32), libpsl5 (>= 0.16.0), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Conflicts: wget-ssl
Description: retrieves files from the web
Description-md5: 63a4a740bcd9e8e94bf661e4f1806e02
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, network::client,
protocol::ftp, protocol::http, protocol::ssl, role::program,
suite::gnu, use::downloading, works-with::file
Section: web
Priority: standard
Filename: pool/main/w/wget/wget_1.20.1-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 901956
MD5sum: a7e3faa711503bd9500650de8fc9835e
SHA256: 3821cee0d331cf75ee79daff716f9d320f758f9dff3eaa6d6cf12bae9ef14306