How to Install and Uninstall wget2.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: January 13,2025

1. Install "wget2.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install wget2.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                wget2.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "wget2.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall wget2.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the wget2.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

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Available Packages
Name : wget2
Version : 2.1.0
Release : 8.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 282 k
Source : wget2-2.1.0-8.el8.src.rpm
Repository : epel
Summary : An advanced file and recursive website downloader
URL : https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2
License : GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later AND GFDL-1.3-or-later
Description : GNU Wget2 is the successor of GNU Wget, a file and recursive website
: downloader.
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: Designed and written from scratch it wraps around libwget, that provides the
: basic functions needed by a web client.
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: Wget2 works multi-threaded and uses many features to allow fast operation.
: In many cases Wget2 downloads much faster than Wget1.x due to HTTP2, HTTP
: compression, parallel connections and use of If-Modified-Since HTTP header.