wget command not found on linux server

I have a linux server (completely new, web hosting, nothing is installed into it), and want to use a "wget" command. Currently, it is not found. Kernel version 2.6.32-896.16.1.lve1.4.54.el6.x86_64

I am completely new to linux, tried to solve this issue by myself, but couldn't do it. I log in into this linux server via PuTTY via my Windows OS laptop.

wget 

To get "wget" to work, I will need to install it. I guess I will need to install first "sudo" and/or "apt" and/or "apt-get". But couldn't do it. Please give me a short list of steps in which order to install them.

3 Answers

Given your kernel version, it looks like your Linux distribution is CentOS 6 or RHEL 6. Try installing wget with this command:

yum install wget

You must be root when you run this command.

Incase you using Debian version of Linux, use the following:

sudo apt-get install wget

From kernel version, it looks like you are using RHEL/Centos 6. Please check -

If the mentioned dependencies exist in your system, you can directly fire the rpm command

rpm command guide -

If it doesn't work, you need to use yum command. (You need to configure yum command first, if not configured already) yum install wget

To configure yum command in centos6 -

Note - you need to be root user for above activities.