WGET is not recognized as an internal or external command

Question

I am simply trying to download a file from github, but my wget command is not being recognized. I am unsure what is going on. I've read that I should use urlopen instead, but I run into the same error.

Answer 1

wget is usually provided with unix / linux operating system. It seems you are on windows, so you can:

• Download it for windows (http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm) and put in in your PATH environmnent variable
• Use cygwin (https://www.cygwin.com) / babun
• Use Docker

Also, wget only "download" a file. If you need it for only a few files, you can download them manually.