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user1424739
user1424739

Reputation: 13675

How to install wget with debug support on homebrew?

wget does not support -d on homebrew default installation. How to install wget with debug support on homebrew? Thanks.

$ wget -d -o/tmp/log -qO- http://httpbin.org/get
Debugging support not compiled in. Ignoring --debug flag.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2714

Answers (4)

kpeek
kpeek

Reputation: 93

It has debug enabled by default now, you don't need to edit the formula or pass a flag.

Upvotes: 0

jack
jack

Reputation: 101

It is possible to install wget with the debug support via Homebrew.

Run brew edit wget to access the formula code, add "--enable-debug" in the configuration section, save, then run brew install --build-from-source wget

Other configuration options can also be enabled or disabled this way (only do not forget to add a library to the "depends_on" section if you enable one in the configuration).

Upvotes: 0

l'L'l
l'L'l

Reputation: 47169

If you're feeling like going with a less convoluted way of installing packages rather than using Homebrew then maybe try MacPorts. 

$ sudo port install wget

--->  Computing dependencies for wget
--->  Cleaning wget
--->  Scanning binaries for linking errors
--->  No broken files found.

Done!

The MacPorts of wget version supports the debug flag (-d) out of the box:

$ wget -d -o/tmp/log -qO- http://httpbin.org/get
Setting --output-file (logfile) to /tmp/log
Setting --output-file (logfile) to /tmp/log
Setting --quiet (quiet) to 1
Setting --quiet (quiet) to 1
Setting --output-document (outputdocument) to -
Setting --output-document (outputdocument) to -
{
  "args": {}, 
  "headers": {
    "Accept": "*/*", 
    "Accept-Encoding": "identity", 
    "Connection": "close", 
    "Host": "httpbin.org", 
    "User-Agent": "Wget/1.19.4 (darwin17.3.0)"
  }, 
  "origin": "23.198.166.150", 
  "url": "http://httpbin.org/get"
}

$ wget --version
GNU Wget 1.19.4 built on darwin17.3.0.

Upvotes: 0

user309603
user309603

Reputation: 1548

Just for the records: After uninstalling wget install it with:

brew install wget --with-debug

Source: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/wget.rb

Upvotes: 3

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