[a2d8572] | 1 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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| 2 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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[8e2075c] | 5 |
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[a2d8572] | 6 | <!ENTITY curl-download-http "http://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-&curl-version;.tar.bz2">
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[8e2075c] | 7 | <!ENTITY curl-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pub/unix/network/curl/curl-&curl-version;.tar.bz2">
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[13c0960c] | 8 | <!ENTITY curl-md5sum "d673f68dbab2553acdbfb5435bd1cd48">
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[959464b9] | 9 | <!ENTITY curl-size "1.8 MB">
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[13c0960c] | 10 | <!ENTITY curl-buildsize "24.7 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY curl-time "0.40 SBU (additional 0.59 SBU to run the test suite)">
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[a2d8572] | 12 | ]>
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| 13 |
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[377584f] | 14 | <sect1 id="curl" xreflabel="cURL-&curl-version;">
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[a0f03b0] | 15 | <sect1info>
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[5cd0959d] | 16 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 17 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[a0f03b0] | 18 | </sect1info>
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[00bb024c] | 19 | <?dbhtml filename="curl.html"?>
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[377584f] | 20 | <title>cURL-&curl-version;</title>
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[c626b081] | 21 | <indexterm zone="curl">
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| 22 | <primary sortas="a-CURL">CURL</primary></indexterm>
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[f45b1953] | 23 |
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[a2d8572] | 24 | <sect2>
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| 25 | <title>Introduction to <application>cURL</application></title>
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| 26 |
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[8e2075c] | 27 | <para>The <application>cURL</application> package contains
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| 28 | <command>curl</command> and its support library. This is useful for
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| 29 | transferring files with <acronym>URL</acronym> syntax. This ability to both
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| 30 | download and redirect files can be incorporated into other programs to support
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[a2d8572] | 31 | functions like streaming media.</para>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 34 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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[959464b9] | 35 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP):
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| 36 | <ulink url="&curl-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 37 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP):
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| 38 | <ulink url="&curl-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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[64a8cf6] | 39 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &curl-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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[a2d8572] | 40 | <listitem><para>Download size: &curl-size;</para></listitem>
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[959464b9] | 41 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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| 42 | &curl-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 43 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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| 44 | &curl-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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[a2d8572] | 45 | </sect3>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <sect3><title><application>cURL</application> dependencies</title>
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| 48 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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[8e2075c] | 49 | <para><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
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[cef3a2f] | 50 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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[8e2075c] | 51 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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| 52 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> or <xref linkend="heimdal"/>,
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| 53 | <ulink url="http://www.pdc.kth.se/kth-krb/">krb4</ulink>,
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[959464b9] | 54 | <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/">Libidn</ulink>,
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| 55 | <ulink url="http://www.vintela.com/resources/topics/spnego/">SPNEGO</ulink> and
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| 56 | <ulink url="http://daniel.haxx.se/projects/c-ares/">c-ares</ulink></para>
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| 57 | </sect4>
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[c626b081] | 58 |
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| 59 | <sect4><title>Optional (for running the test suite)</title>
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| 60 | <para><xref linkend="stunnel"/> (for running <acronym>HTTPS</acronym> and
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| 61 | <acronym>FTPS</acronym> tests) and
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[13c0960c] | 62 | <ulink url="http://valgrind.kde.org/">Valgrind</ulink> (not used if building
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| 63 | the shared library)</para>
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[c626b081] | 64 | </sect4>
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[a2d8572] | 65 | </sect3>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | </sect2>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <sect2>
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| 70 | <title>Installation of <application>cURL</application></title>
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| 71 |
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[8e2075c] | 72 | <para>Install <application>cURL</application> by running the following
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| 73 | commands:</para>
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[a2d8572] | 74 |
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| 75 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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[c626b081] | 76 | make</command></userinput></screen>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <para>Now, as the root user:</para>
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| 79 |
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| 80 | <screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install &&
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[951fac10] | 81 | find docs -name "Makefile*" \
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| 82 | -o -name "*.1" \
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| 83 | -o -name "*.3" | xargs rm &&
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| 84 | install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version; &&
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| 85 | cp -v -R docs/* /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version;</command></userinput></screen>
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[a2d8572] | 86 |
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| 87 | </sect2>
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <sect2>
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| 90 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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| 91 |
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[13c0960c] | 92 | <para><option>--with-gssapi</option>:
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[8e2075c] | 93 | This parameter adds <application>Kerberos 5</application> support to
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| 94 | <filename class="libraryfile">libcurl</filename>.</para>
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[a2d8572] | 95 |
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| 96 | </sect2>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <sect2>
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| 99 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 100 |
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[c626b081] | 101 | <segmentedlist>
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| 102 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 103 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 104 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <seglistitem>
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| 107 | <seg>curl and curl-config</seg>
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| 108 | <seg>libcurl.[so,a]</seg>
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| 109 | <seg>/usr/include/curl, /usr/share/curl
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| 110 | and /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version;</seg>
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| 111 | </seglistitem>
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| 112 | </segmentedlist>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <variablelist>
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| 115 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 116 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <varlistentry id="curl-prog">
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| 119 | <term><command>curl</command></term>
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| 120 | <listitem><para>is a client that can get documents from or send documents to
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| 121 | any of the following protocols: <acronym>HTTP</acronym>,
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[cef3a2f] | 122 | <acronym>HTTPS</acronym> (needs <xref linkend="openssl"/>),
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[8e2075c] | 123 | <acronym>FTP</acronym>, GOPHER, DICT, TELNET, <acronym>LDAP</acronym> (needs
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[c626b081] | 124 | <xref linkend="openldap"/> at run time) or FILE.</para>
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| 125 | <indexterm zone="curl curl-prog">
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| 126 | <primary sortas="b-curl">curl</primary>
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| 127 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 128 | </varlistentry>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <varlistentry id="curl-config">
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| 131 | <term><command>curl-config</command></term>
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| 132 | <listitem><para>prints information about the last compile, like libraries
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| 133 | linked to and prefix setting.</para>
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| 134 | <indexterm zone="curl curl-config">
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| 135 | <primary sortas="b-curl-config">curl-config</primary>
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| 136 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 137 | </varlistentry>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | <varlistentry id="libcurl">
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| 140 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libcurl.[so,a]</filename></term>
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| 141 | <listitem><para>provides the <acronym>API</acronym> functions required by
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| 142 | <command>curl</command> and other programs.</para>
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| 143 | <indexterm zone="curl libcurl">
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| 144 | <primary sortas="c-libcurl">libcurl.[so,a]</primary>
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| 145 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 146 | </varlistentry>
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| 147 | </variablelist>
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[a2d8572] | 148 |
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| 149 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 150 |
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| 151 | </sect1>
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| 152 |
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