If you try to install and use wget on Alpine Linux you might get the error: wget: can't execute 'ssl_helper': No such file or directory. Here I’m going to show you how to fix the error or in other words how to install properly Wget on Alpine Linux.
Prerequisites
- Alpine Linux
- sudo access
Install Wget on Alpine Linux
Step 1. Update the apk packages.
apk update
Step 2. Install wget together with ca-certificates.
apk add ca-certificates wget
Step 3. After updating ca-certificates you can run wget without errors.
update-ca-certificates
Step 4. Verify the installation.
wget --version
Conclusion
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