Wget is a free GNU command-line utility tool used to download files from the internet. Most likely, the wget package is already on your system as it now comes pre-installed on most Linux distributions. To check, open the terminal window and type in: wget. If you have the wget software, the output tells you that the wget command is missing a URL. If the output displays wget command not found you need to download and install the tool manually. The wget syntax has the following pattern: wget [option][URL]. Each [option] has its long and short form which are conveniently interchangeable. [URL] is the address of the file or directory you wish to download.