1.Login via SSH to your host

2.Create abd Go to a temporary directory: cd /tmp (example)
me@wp-magz.com [~/www]# mkdir tmp
me@wp-magz.com [~/www]# cd tmp/

3.Grab the latest WP archive: wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

4.Extract the archive contents latest.tar.gz
me@wp-magz.com [~/www/tmp]# wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
–15:28:54– http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
=> `latest.tar.gz’
Resolving wordpress.org… 72.233.56.139, 72.233.56.138
Connecting to wordpress.org|72.233.56.139|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/x-gzip]
[ <=> ] 870,766 11.39K/s
15:30:28 (9.17 KB/s) – `latest.tar.gz’ saved [870766]
me@wp-magz.com [~/www/tmp]# tar zxf latest.tar.gz [click to continue...]