How to install wget on CentOS 7/8

The procedure to install wget command is as follows on CentOS Linux 7/8:

  1. Open a terminal window.
  2. Search for wget package on CentOS Enterprise Linux 8, run:
    sudo yum search wget
  3. Run to install wget :
    sudo yum install wget
  4. Verify wget installation, run:
    wget https://www.cyberciti.biz/files/hello-linux-module.zip
  5. Check wget version by running:
    wget --version

Let us see all commands and steps in details to install wget in CentOS 8.

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