ubuntu 9.10 - How to install wget on this? - Server Fault

ubuntu 9.10 - How to install wget on this? - Server Fault

I use debian, not ubuntu, but, the method should be the same

First, try:

sudo bash
apt-get update
apt-get -f install
apt-get install wget

Barring that,

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

Make note of the url prefix after deb

apt-cache show wget

look for:

Filename: pool/main/w/wget/wget_1.12-1.1_i386.deb

grab that in your local browser assembling the url portion from /etc/apt/sources.list and the filename portion from apt-cache show. scp the file to your machine,

dpkg -i wget_whatever.deb 

If /etc/apt/sources.list is not set up correctly, try tekhammer's suggestion and then rerun apt-get update.
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