> Is there a way to get boost libraries with wget via some ftp server? I am on
> linux and want to write a script to grab the source directly.

$ wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.40.0/boost_1_40_0.tar.bz2


I am getting an error when trying to do this.

magala@ORCLUS41 ~/COIN/coin-Decomp/Decomp/examples/ExternalSolvers/Graph
$ wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.40.0/boost_1_40_0
.tar.bz2
--2009-09-23 01:10:27--  http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.
40.0/boost_1_40_0.tar.bz2
Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net... 216.34.181.59
Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net|216.34.181.59|:80... failed: Connection
refused.