%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ cURL The cURL package contains curl and its support library. This is useful for transferring files with URL syntax. This ability to both download and redirect files can be incorporated into other programs to support functions like streaming media. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &curl-md5sum; Download size: &curl-size; Estimated disk space required: &curl-buildsize; Estimated build time: &curl-time; cURL Dependencies Optional , or GnuTLS, , , or , krb4, SPNEGO, and c-ares Optional (for Running the Test Suite) (for running HTTPS and FTPS tests) and Valgrind (not used if building the shared library) User Notes: Install cURL by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make To test the results, issue: make check. Note that if you have Stunnel and TCP Wrapper installed and you wish to perform the HTTPS tests, you'll need to have an unrestrictive /etc/hosts.deny file. Now, as the root user: make install && find docs -name "Makefile*" -o -name "*.1" -o -name "*.3" | xargs rm && install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version; && cp -v -R docs/* /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version; --with-gssapi: This parameter adds Kerberos 5 support to libcurl. find docs -name "Makefile*" -o -name "*.1" -o -name "*.3" | xargs rm: This command removes man files from the source tree that have already been installed by the make install command. Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directories curl and curl-config libcurl.{so,a} /usr/include/curl, /usr/share/curl and /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version; Short Descriptions curl is a client that can get documents from or send documents to any of the following protocols: HTTP, HTTPS (needs ), FTP, GOPHER, DICT, TELNET, LDAP (needs at run time) or FILE. curl curl-config prints information about the last compile, like libraries linked to and prefix setting. curl-config libcurl.{so,a} provides the API functions required by curl and other programs. libcurl.{so,a}