[bf8ac01] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[ff769b8c] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[a2d8572] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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[8e2075c] | 6 |
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[1363324e] | 7 | <!ENTITY curl-download-http "http://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-&curl-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY curl-download-ftp "ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/utils/archivers/curl/curl-&curl-version;.tar.bz2">
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[9f6abab3] | 9 | <!ENTITY curl-md5sum "d71b2ee8febfde2c7dc30a43638ec0d9">
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[582cdc09] | 10 | <!ENTITY curl-size "1.4 MB">
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[9f6abab3] | 11 | <!ENTITY curl-buildsize "27.5 MB">
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[4880b3d2] | 12 | <!ENTITY curl-time "0.5 SBU (additional 0.8 SBU to run the test suite)">
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[a2d8572] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[377584f] | 15 | <sect1 id="curl" xreflabel="cURL-&curl-version;">
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[bf8ac01] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="curl.html"?>
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[dc775a26] | 17 |
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[bf8ac01] | 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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[55329727] | 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[4dbbf634] | 21 | <keywordset>
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| 22 | <keyword role="package">curl-&curl-version;.tar</keyword>
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[25475f5] | 23 | <keyword role="ftpdir">curl</keyword>
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[4dbbf634] | 24 | </keywordset>
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[bf8ac01] | 25 | </sect1info>
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[dc775a26] | 26 |
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[bf8ac01] | 27 | <title>CURL-&curl-version;</title>
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[dc775a26] | 28 |
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[bf8ac01] | 29 | <indexterm zone="curl">
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| 30 | <primary sortas="a-CURL">CURL</primary>
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| 31 | </indexterm>
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[dc775a26] | 32 |
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[bf8ac01] | 33 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 34 | <title>Introduction to CURL</title>
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[dc775a26] | 35 |
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[2ca26748] | 36 | <para>The <application>cURL</application> package contains
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| 37 | <command>curl</command> and its support library. This is useful for
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| 38 | transferring files with URL syntax. This ability to both
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| 39 | download and redirect files can be incorporated into other programs to support
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[bf8ac01] | 40 | functions like streaming media.</para>
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[dc775a26] | 41 |
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[bf8ac01] | 42 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 43 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&curl-download-http;"/></para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&curl-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &curl-md5sum;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Download size: &curl-size;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &curl-buildsize;</para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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| 60 | <para>Estimated build time: &curl-time;</para>
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| 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | </itemizedlist>
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[dc775a26] | 63 |
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[ef8b91c2] | 64 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">CURL Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[dc775a26] | 65 |
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[bf8ac01] | 66 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[4dbbf634] | 67 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
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[582cdc09] | 68 | <xref linkend="openssl"/> or
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| 69 | <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/">GnuTLS</ulink>,
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[2ca26748] | 70 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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[fcd6bf9d] | 71 | <xref linkend="libidn"/>,
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[2ca26748] | 72 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> or <xref linkend="heimdal"/>,
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| 73 | <ulink url="http://www.pdc.kth.se/kth-krb/">krb4</ulink>,
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[fcd6bf9d] | 74 | <ulink url="http://www.vintela.com/resources/topics/spnego/">SPNEGO</ulink>, and
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[bf8ac01] | 75 | <ulink url="http://daniel.haxx.se/projects/c-ares/">c-ares</ulink></para>
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[dc775a26] | 76 |
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[0f0ee329] | 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (for Running the Test Suite)</bridgehead>
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[4dbbf634] | 78 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="stunnel"/> (for running HTTPS and FTPS tests) and
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[2ca26748] | 79 | <ulink url="http://valgrind.kde.org/">Valgrind</ulink> (not used if building
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[bf8ac01] | 80 | the shared library)</para>
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[dc775a26] | 81 |
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[061ec9d] | 82 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 83 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/curl"/></para>
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| 84 |
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[bf8ac01] | 85 | </sect2>
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[dc775a26] | 86 |
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[bf8ac01] | 87 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 88 | <title>Installation of CURL</title>
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[dc775a26] | 89 |
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[2ca26748] | 90 | <para>Install <application>cURL</application> by running the following
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[bf8ac01] | 91 | commands:</para>
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[dc775a26] | 92 |
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[bf8ac01] | 93 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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| 94 | make</userinput></screen>
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[dc775a26] | 95 |
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[4880b3d2] | 96 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>. Note that
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| 97 | if you have <application>Stunnel</application> and
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| 98 | <application>TCP Wrapper</application> installed and you wish to perform
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| 99 | the HTTPS tests, you'll need to have an unrestrictive
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| 100 | <filename>/etc/hosts.deny</filename> file.</para>
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[dc775a26] | 101 |
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[bf8ac01] | 102 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[dc775a26] | 103 |
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[bf8ac01] | 104 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install &&
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[11436b7] | 105 | find docs -name "Makefile*" -o -name "*.1" -o -name "*.3" | xargs rm &&
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[951fac10] | 106 | install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version; &&
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[bf8ac01] | 107 | cp -v -R docs/* /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version;</userinput></screen>
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[dc775a26] | 108 |
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[bf8ac01] | 109 | </sect2>
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[dc775a26] | 110 |
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[bf8ac01] | 111 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 112 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[dc775a26] | 113 |
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[2ca26748] | 114 | <para><option>--with-gssapi</option>:
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| 115 | This parameter adds <application>Kerberos 5</application> support to
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[bf8ac01] | 116 | <filename class="libraryfile">libcurl</filename>.</para>
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[dc775a26] | 117 |
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[6473e74] | 118 | <para><command>find docs -name "Makefile*" -o -name "*.1"
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[11436b7] | 119 | -o -name "*.3" | xargs rm</command>: This instruction removes files
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| 120 | that are not needed in /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version; to facilitate
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| 121 | copying appropriate files. The "*.1" and "*.3" files are installed
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| 122 | by the normal <command>make install</command>.</para>
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| 123 |
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[bf8ac01] | 124 | </sect2>
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[dc775a26] | 125 |
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[bf8ac01] | 126 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 127 | <title>Contents</title>
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[dc775a26] | 128 |
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[bf8ac01] | 129 | <segmentedlist>
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| 130 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 131 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 132 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[dc775a26] | 133 |
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[bf8ac01] | 134 | <seglistitem>
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| 135 | <seg>curl and curl-config</seg>
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[061ec9d] | 136 | <seg>libcurl.{so,a}</seg>
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[2ca26748] | 137 | <seg>/usr/include/curl, /usr/share/curl
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[bf8ac01] | 138 | and /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version;</seg>
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| 139 | </seglistitem>
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| 140 | </segmentedlist>
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[dc775a26] | 141 |
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[bf8ac01] | 142 | <variablelist>
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| 143 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 144 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 145 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[dc775a26] | 146 |
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[bf8ac01] | 147 | <varlistentry id="curl-prog">
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| 148 | <term><command>curl</command></term>
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| 149 | <listitem>
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[2ca26748] | 150 | <para>is a client that can get documents from or send documents to
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[bf8ac01] | 151 | any of the following protocols: HTTP, HTTPS (needs <xref
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[2ca26748] | 152 | linkend="openssl"/>), FTP, GOPHER, DICT, TELNET, LDAP (needs
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[bf8ac01] | 153 | <xref linkend="openldap"/> at run time) or FILE.</para>
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| 154 | <indexterm zone="curl curl-prog">
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| 155 | <primary sortas="b-curl">curl</primary>
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| 156 | </indexterm>
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| 157 | </listitem>
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| 158 | </varlistentry>
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[dc775a26] | 159 |
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[bf8ac01] | 160 | <varlistentry id="curl-config">
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| 161 | <term><command>curl-config</command></term>
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| 162 | <listitem>
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[2ca26748] | 163 | <para>prints information about the last compile, like libraries
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[bf8ac01] | 164 | linked to and prefix setting.</para>
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| 165 | <indexterm zone="curl curl-config">
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| 166 | <primary sortas="b-curl-config">curl-config</primary>
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| 167 | </indexterm>
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| 168 | </listitem>
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| 169 | </varlistentry>
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[dc775a26] | 170 |
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[bf8ac01] | 171 | <varlistentry id="libcurl">
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[061ec9d] | 172 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libcurl.{so,a}</filename></term>
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[bf8ac01] | 173 | <listitem>
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[2ca26748] | 174 | <para>provides the API functions required by
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[bf8ac01] | 175 | <command>curl</command> and other programs.</para>
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| 176 | <indexterm zone="curl libcurl">
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[061ec9d] | 177 | <primary sortas="c-libcurl">libcurl.{so,a}</primary>
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[bf8ac01] | 178 | </indexterm>
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| 179 | </listitem>
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| 180 | </varlistentry>
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[dc775a26] | 181 |
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[bf8ac01] | 182 | </variablelist>
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[dc775a26] | 183 |
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[bf8ac01] | 184 | </sect2>
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[dc775a26] | 185 |
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[f45b1953] | 186 | </sect1>
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