Homebrew will not run wget command (Library not loaded)

Question

I received the following message when I try to use wget command after installation on Homebrew (running Mac High Sierra 10.13).

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/gettext/lib/libintl.8.dylib
  Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/wget
  Reason: image not found
Abort trap: 6

I tried to reinstall wget. Issue still persists.

score 61 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 14 '18 at 00:07

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wget gave me that error after migrating to a new macbook. What worked for me was

brew uninstall --force gettext
brew install gettext

answered Jun 14 '18 at 00:07

Ken Shirriff

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Tried this on Mojave, did not fix the issue. If I come up with a solution I'll update here. – Montag Feb 26 '19 at 15:11
@Montag Dude. Dont give false hope – Saeesh Tendulkar Aug 18 '20 at 11:16
I never did find a solution, I found another way to solve my personal program problem. There was no false hope given, just honesty. I didn't find it so I didn't post it. – Montag Nov 04 '20 at 18:26
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you caqn also do `brew reinstall wget` – JohnAllen Jan 25 '23 at 08:33
I do not recommend this `uninstall --force` solution, because you can broke your dependencies – lucidyan Jan 25 '23 at 11:06

score 47 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 11 '19 at 08:09

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brew uninstall wget
brew install wget

solved me both gettext and git clone issues.

edited Nov 11 '19 at 08:09

Andriy Makukha

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answered Mar 11 '19 at 07:12

SANGEETHA P.H.

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Solved me `curl` issue as well. – Andriy Makukha Nov 11 '19 at 08:10
The other answer about reinstalling gettext didn't work for me on Mojave either. This one worked. – duality_ Feb 04 '20 at 09:27

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 24 '19 at 03:19

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You can fix it by reinstall gettext

brew reinstall gettext

answered Jan 24 '19 at 03:19

howie

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 05 '19 at 23:23

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A simple reinstall of "wget" fixed this issue in my case.

brew reinstall wget

answered Mar 05 '19 at 23:23

Ankit Sahu

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 17 '21 at 03:01

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Actually, I have tried a lot of methods, but the command brew reinstall wget solved my problems at last.

answered Jan 17 '21 at 03:01

Genshen.Wang

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 17 '19 at 05:50

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uninstall and reinstalling the brew will fix the issue

Uninstall

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/uninstall)"

install

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

answered Feb 17 '19 at 05:50

Ravi

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Doing this after creating the Cellar and opt folder it needs inside /usr/local and assigning myself as the owner, helped. Thanks for the commands :) – Birb May 04 '19 at 16:24

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 26 '19 at 14:40

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I had similar issue with git , fixed it with brew reinstall gettext

answered Apr 26 '19 at 14:40

Sri Utnoor

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Hi there! It seems this solution has already been proposed. On this site, posting duplicate answers is discouraged. – hat Apr 26 '19 at 14:44

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 15 '19 at 09:54

Likely problem with libintl.8.dylib as in many other similar issues:

brew link --overwrite ruby
brew uninstall --force gettext
brew install gettext

locate libintl.8.dylib

if /gettext//libintl.*.dylib exists

brew link -f gettext

go to (depending on version)

cd /usr/local/Homebrew 
cd /usr/local/Library/Homebrew

and execute (make sure you're in .../Homebrew directory)

git pull origin master
rm -fr ".git/rebase-apply"
brew update && brew upgrade

this last will took some time, but afterwards everything should work fine.

Homebrew will not run wget command (Library not loaded)

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