Installing wget after removing

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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I removed wget in order to install a newer version and reliazed that okpg uses wget to download packages. So I am trying to install wget manually by downloading using curl. However, I get an "invalid tar magic" error while untaring the wget tar file. Any pointers are welcome. Thanks in advance.

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If you managed to place the .ipk file locally you can instruct opkg to install it (opkg install /tmp/wget_*.ipk).

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# opkg download wget
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/packages/x86_64/packages/wget_1.19.5-1_x86_64.ipk
Downloaded wget as ./wget_1.19.5-1_x86_64.ipk.

# opkg remove wget
Removing package wget from root...

# opkg install ./wget_1.19.5-1_x86_64.ipk
Installing wget (1.19.5-1) to root...
Configuring wget.

# opkg remove wget
Removing package wget from root...

# curl -o wget.ipk http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/packages/x86_64/packages/wget_1.19.5-1_x86_64.ipk
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  210k  100  210k    0     0   656k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  658k

# opkg install ./wget.ipk
Installing wget (1.19.5-1) to root...
Configuring wget.
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Thank you. I finally solved it. Figures out the right package. Wget is working now.

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Thanks for your reply @vgaetera. I am trying to fetch the right wget package for my version (barrier breaker). My opkg print architecture output is:

arch all 1

arch noarch 1

Arch ramips_24kec 10

Where can find the right wget package. Can't seem to find it. Thank you.

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cat /etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf

https://archive.openwrt.org/barrier_breaker/14.07/ramips/

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On Barrier Breaker, wget is provided by busybox, so ln -s /bin/busybox /bin/wget should work.

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Thanks @jow. That's useful information. With help from @vgaetera, I am able to run wget. However, some docs talk of installing a full wget. I have tried to but wasn't successful.