How to Install and Uninstall wget Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "wget" package

This is a short guide on how to install wget on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall wget on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: wget
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Noël Köthe
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 884
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libidn11 (>= 1.13), libpcre3, libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.1), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Conflicts: wget-ssl
Filename: pool/main/w/wget/wget_1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5_amd64.deb
Size: 298752
MD5sum: b2eca96d113230c83531b11c63faf592
SHA1: 6b55ecdbaaf9aab7bccd3308197950a6e5f733d5
SHA256: 09e1416e4e374210791ce765e15823f6587e00b1dea4d40d239560758a93c753
SHA512: 6a229ba563209976fef330acc8e613dc3409eda049ed5b722eab64a0c44b7206d95d206d9e8c471bac9dc53061333eea4113e7d33e10dd44c04ccde207d0ee5d
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
Description-en: retrieves files from the web
Wget is a network utility to retrieve files from the web
using HTTP(S) and FTP, the two most widely used internet
protocols. It works non-interactively, so it will work in
the background, after having logged off. The program supports
recursive retrieval of web-authoring pages as well as FTP
sites -- you can use Wget to make mirrors of archives and
home pages or to travel the web like a WWW robot.
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Wget works particularly well with slow or unstable connections
by continuing to retrieve a document until the document is fully
downloaded. Re-getting files from where it left off works on
servers (both HTTP and FTP) that support it. Both HTTP and FTP
retrievals can be time stamped, so Wget can see if the remote
file has changed since the last retrieval and automatically
retrieve the new version if it has.
.
Wget supports proxy servers; this can lighten the network load,
speed up retrieval, and provide access behind firewalls.
Description-md5: 63a4a740bcd9e8e94bf661e4f1806e02
Task: standard, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch, ubuntu-sdk
Supported: 5y

Package: wget
Priority: standard
Section: web
Installed-Size: 876
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Noël Köthe
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.17.1-1ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libidn11 (>= 1.13), libpcre3, libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.1), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Conflicts: wget-ssl
Filename: pool/main/w/wget/wget_1.17.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 296518
MD5sum: f1f62d709110b2d8996bcbe4a90ba2f8
SHA1: 19380dbc66ff079a8266b26560c7fed64997f4ac
SHA256: b764d13f33b346e6f98149f8d474fc5ead7a94e65316a562feaa872e0b659050
Description-en: retrieves files from the web
Wget is a network utility to retrieve files from the web
using HTTP(S) and FTP, the two most widely used internet
protocols. It works non-interactively, so it will work in
the background, after having logged off. The program supports
recursive retrieval of web-authoring pages as well as FTP
sites -- you can use Wget to make mirrors of archives and
home pages or to travel the web like a WWW robot.
.
Wget works particularly well with slow or unstable connections
by continuing to retrieve a document until the document is fully
downloaded. Re-getting files from where it left off works on
servers (both HTTP and FTP) that support it. Both HTTP and FTP
retrievals can be time stamped, so Wget can see if the remote
file has changed since the last retrieval and automatically
retrieve the new version if it has.
.
Wget supports proxy servers; this can lighten the network load,
speed up retrieval, and provide access behind firewalls.
Description-md5: 63a4a740bcd9e8e94bf661e4f1806e02
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: standard, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch, ubuntu-sdk