How do I turn off wget proxy?

Question

I had been using a proxy for a long time. Now I need to remove it. I have forgotten how I have added the proxy to wget. Can someone please help me get back to the normal wget where it doesn't use any proxy. As of now, I'm using

wget <link> --proxy=none

But I'm facing a problem when I'm installing using a pre-written script. It's painstaking to search all through the scripts and change each command. Any simpler solution will be very much appreciated.

Thanks

Logu · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-08T19:45:54.127

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Check your

~/.wgetrc
/etc/wgetrc

and remove proxy settings.

Or use wget --no-proxy command line option to override them.

edited May 08 '20 at 19:45

answered Jul 30 '18 at 22:50

Logu

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I edited wgetrc and made use_proxy=off. But it still give the same error. – Trect Jul 31 '18 at 04:05
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Did you check `wget --no-proxy`. What exact error you are seeing – Logu Aug 02 '18 at 15:13
What about `HTTPS_PROXY` and `HTTP_PROXY` environment variable. Will this method bypass these proxies as well? – PSKP Jun 02 '22 at 17:27
@PSKP the order is like this: 1. command_line options, 2. environment variables, 3. config files – Logu Dec 15 '22 at 15:56

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 16 '20 at 08:34

In case your OS is alpine/busybox then the wget might vary from the one used by @Logu.

There the correct command is

wget --proxy off http://server:port/

Running wget --help outputs:

/ # wget --help
BusyBox v1.31.1 () multi-call binary.

Usage: wget [-c|--continue] [--spider] [-q|--quiet] [-O|--output-document FILE]
        [-o|--output-file FILE] [--header 'header: value'] [-Y|--proxy on/off]
        [-P DIR] [-S|--server-response] [-U|--user-agent AGENT] [-T SEC] URL...

Retrieve files via HTTP or FTP

        --spider        Only check URL existence: $? is 0 if exists
        -c              Continue retrieval of aborted transfer
        -q              Quiet
        -P DIR          Save to DIR (default .)
        -S              Show server response
        -T SEC          Network read timeout is SEC seconds
        -O FILE         Save to FILE ('-' for stdout)
        -o FILE         Log messages to FILE
        -U STR          Use STR for User-Agent header
        -Y on/off       Use proxy

How do I turn off wget proxy?

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