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wget: command not found

Covers: zsh: command not found: wget · wget command not found mac · bash: wget: command not found — May 2026

🍎 macOS 🐧 Ubuntu / Debian 🎩 CentOS / RHEL 🪟 WSL 🐳 Docker

$ wget https://example.com/file.tar.gz
zsh: command not found: wget

# or on bash:
bash: wget: command not found

Fix on macOS (zsh / bash)

macOS does not ship with wget — it uses curl instead. Install wget via Homebrew:

# Install Homebrew first if you don't have it:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

# Then install wget:
brew install wget

# Verify:
wget --version

⚡ macOS Alternative — Use curl instead

# curl is already installed on macOS — equivalent to wget:
curl -O https://example.com/file.tar.gz
curl -L -o output.tar.gz https://example.com/file.tar.gz

Fix on Ubuntu / Debian / WSL

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y wget

# Verify:
wget --version

Fix on CentOS / RHEL / Fedora

# CentOS 7 / RHEL 7:
sudo yum install -y wget

# CentOS 8+ / RHEL 8+ / Fedora:
sudo dnf install -y wget

Fix in Docker / Alpine Linux

# Alpine:
apk add --no-cache wget

# Debian/Ubuntu-based Docker image:
apt-get update && apt-get install -y wget