Although you can install wget and its dependent libraries in RPM-based distributions using the yum or dnf command as recommended. But for the legacy operating systems, if you are looking for rpm methods, follow these steps to install wget using rpm - 1. Download the wget package from rpmfind.net 2. Copy it to your Linux system, open Terminal 3. run the following command using root or sudo user $ sudp rpm -ivh "absolute path of rpm package" or # rpm -ivh "absolute path of rpm package"