I'm normally a windows user and I am currently using PuTTY to connect to a headless linux box that is running Fedora 8. I need to download the latest JDK and install it but I have to do it using the command line.
How can I do this?
Linux – How to download a file via the Linux command line
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I asked this question over on SO and it got moved here. That said I no longer have the ability to edit the question as if I owned it, or even accept the correct answer, but this turned out to be the true reason why and how to solve it:
Found here User "rohandhruva" on there gives the right answer:
This happens if you change the hostname during the install process.
To solve the problem, edit the file /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4 <ADD_YOURS_HERE> ::1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6 <ADD_YOURS_HERE>
Best Answer
You download files using the command line by using wget:
See the wget man page for options.