wget is available on most linux distributions without compiling from source.
When you compiled wget what configure options did you use?
If you compiled without SSL support then this is why it fails to grab your page.
The other reason is that even if it did grab the data https are encrypted pages
and you may only see garbage.
When you compiled wget what configure options did you use?
If you compiled without SSL support then this is why it fails to grab your page.
The other reason is that even if it did grab the data https are encrypted pages
and you may only see garbage.