FindWget

This module finds the wget command-line tool for retrieving content from web servers:

find_package(Wget [...])

Result Variables

This module defines the following variables:

Wget_FOUND

Added in version 3.3.

Boolean indicating whether wget was found.

Cache Variables

The following cache variables may also be set:

WGET_EXECUTABLE

The full path to the wget tool.

Deprecated Variables

The following variables are provided for backward compatibility:

WGET_FOUND

Deprecated since version 4.2: Use Wget_FOUND, which has the same value.

Boolean indicating whether wget was found.

Examples

Finding wget and executing it in a process:

find_package(Wget)
if(Wget_FOUND)
  execute_process(COMMAND ${WGET_EXECUTABLE} -h)
endif()

See Also

• The file(DOWNLOAD) command to download the given URL to a local file.