Shell Dep | Download

Not every minimal container has curl. Prefer curl but fall back to wget.

http_get() 
  url="$1"
  outfile="$2"

if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
curl -fsSL "$url" -o "$outfile"
elif command -v wget >/dev/null 2>&1; then
wget -q "$url" -O "$outfile"
else
echo "ERROR: Neither curl nor wget found" >&2
return 1
fi
 shell dep download

Edit the deps array:

local deps=(
    "https://example.com/tool.tar.gz|tool.tar.gz|expected_sha256_here"
)

Supports multi-connection and BitTorrent for large dep files. Not every minimal container has curl

aria2c -x 16 -s 16 https://example.com/large-dep.zip

Writing a script for shell dep download is not just about grabbing files. You must handle failures, retries, and integrity. Below is a production-grade template. Edit the deps array: local deps=( "https://example

#!/bin/bash
# Script: secure_dep_download.sh
# Purpose: Download and verify a software dependency

set -euo pipefail  # Exit on error, undefined var, pipe failure
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