I'm trying to upgrade my copy of wget on the server. Currently its running:
1.17.1-1ubuntu1.4
The problem is that I need 1.19 so I can get a new feature:
http://tomszilagyi.github.io/2017/02/Wget-retry-on-http-error
My patch has been part of the changes released as Wget version 1.19.1,
so now (if you run that version or newer) you can just write something
like:wget –retry-on-http-error=503 …
We are having issues with a website giving 502 errors back when trying to request the images from them. Their tech guys are looking into it, but for the mean time I need a way to auto-retry the 502 files. This seems to fit the bill, but I can't seem to get it to upgrade.
apt-get update
apt-get install wget
…gives:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
wget is already the newest version (1.17.1-1ubuntu1.4).
I'm not sure what else to try?
Best Answer
You don't necessarily need to go via the package manager, as long as you know which version goes where.
The GNU wget source tarball + compilation instructions can be found here: https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/faq.html#download
If this is your first time compiling software, try it on a separate computer or VM first - preferably one with the same OS version - so you know what to expect.