Updating Wget

When you update AIX to a later level you may notice that many RPMs such as wget no longer work and may simply produce core dumps.

If this is the case you need to download the following RPMs (or later versions):

libidn-1.28-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
openssl-1.0.1g-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
openssl-devel-1.0.1g-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
openssl-doc-1.0.1g-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
wget-1.15-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

and then install/update your RPM as follows:

# rpm -Uvh ./*rpm
libidn                      ##################################################
openssl                     ##################################################
openssl-devel               ##################################################
openssl-doc                 ##################################################
wget                        ##################################################

Wget should now be working again:

# wget -h
GNU Wget 1.15, a non-interactive network retriever.
Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]...

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

Startup:
  -V,  --version           display the version of Wget and exit.
  -h,  --help              print this help.
  -b,  --background        go to background after startup.
  -e,  --execute=COMMAND   execute a `.wgetrc'-style command.

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