OS X doesn't have wget by default

[skoblenick]

Simply. OS X doesn't have wget. It does not come packaged by default. The only way to have wget install on OS X is by using brew or macports. curl is typically included with all distributions and should be used over wget.

This module's documentation makes reference to installing the Android SDK (ADT) on OS X so I would have assumed this was sorted. But even the dependency module maestrodev-wget conditionally doesn't attempt to install wget on OS X (Darwin). Which means this module could never work with OS X.

[carlossg]

yep, that's a known issue with puppet-wget. wget need to be preinstalled in os x

[dougforpres]

Shame the module can't just use "wget" or "curl" -- curl IS included in OS X, and it would make peoples lives easier if the code took the attitude "Either works, only fail if both missing" :)
Is there any particular reason we cannot operate in this manner?

[carlossg]

my plan was to create a puppet 'download' module in pure ruby, that way there's no need to have anything preinstalled and will work across OSs