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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5 |
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6 | <!ENTITY curl-download-http "http://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-&curl-version;.tar.bz2">
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7 | <!ENTITY curl-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pub/unix/network/curl/curl-&curl-version;.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY curl-size "1.2 MB">
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9 | <!ENTITY curl-buildsize "21.7 MB">
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10 | <!ENTITY curl-time "0.38 SBU (additional 2.31 SBU to run test suite)">
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11 | ]>
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12 |
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13 | <sect1 id="curl" xreflabel="cURL-&curl-version;">
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14 | <sect1info>
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15 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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16 | <date>$Date$</date>
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17 | </sect1info>
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18 | <?dbhtml filename="curl.html"?>
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19 | <title>cURL-&curl-version;</title>
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20 |
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21 | <sect2>
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22 | <title>Introduction to <application>cURL</application></title>
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23 |
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24 | <para>The <application>cURL</application> package contains
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25 | <command>curl</command> and its support library. This is useful for
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26 | transferring files with <acronym>URL</acronym> syntax. This ability to both
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27 | download and redirect files can be incorporated into other programs to support
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28 | functions like streaming media.</para>
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29 |
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30 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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31 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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32 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&curl-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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33 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&curl-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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34 | <listitem><para>Download size: &curl-size;</para></listitem>
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35 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: &curl-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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36 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &curl-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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37 | </sect3>
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38 |
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39 | <sect3><title><application>cURL</application> dependencies</title>
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40 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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41 | <para><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
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42 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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43 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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44 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> or <xref linkend="heimdal"/>,
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45 | <ulink url="http://www.pdc.kth.se/kth-krb/">krb4</ulink>,
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46 | <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/">Libidn</ulink> and
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47 | <ulink url="http://www.vintela.com/resources/topics/spnego/">SPNEGO</ulink>
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48 | </para></sect4>
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49 | </sect3>
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50 |
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51 | </sect2>
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52 |
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53 | <sect2>
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54 | <title>Installation of <application>cURL</application></title>
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55 |
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56 | <para>Install <application>cURL</application> by running the following
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57 | commands:</para>
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58 |
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59 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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60 | make &&
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61 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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62 |
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63 | </sect2>
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64 |
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65 | <sect2>
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66 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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67 |
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68 | <para><option>--with-gssapi=/usr</option>:
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69 | This parameter adds <application>Kerberos 5</application> support to
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70 | <filename class="libraryfile">libcurl</filename>.</para>
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71 |
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72 | </sect2>
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73 |
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74 | <sect2>
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75 | <title>Contents</title>
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76 |
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77 | <para>The <application>cURL</application> package contains
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78 | <command>curl</command>, <command>curl-config</command> and the
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79 | <filename class="libraryfile">libcurl</filename> libraries.</para>
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80 |
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81 | </sect2>
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82 |
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83 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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84 |
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85 | <sect3><title>curl</title>
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86 | <para><command>curl</command> is a client that can get documents from or send
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87 | documents to any of the following protocols: <acronym>HTTP</acronym>,
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88 | <acronym>HTTPS</acronym> (needs <xref linkend="openssl"/>),
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89 | <acronym>FTP</acronym>, GOPHER, DICT, TELNET, <acronym>LDAP</acronym> (needs
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90 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>) or FILE.</para></sect3>
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91 |
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92 | <sect3><title>curl-config</title>
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93 | <para><command>curl-config</command> prints information about the last compile,
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94 | like libraries linked to and prefix setting.</para></sect3>
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95 |
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96 | <sect3><title>libcurl</title>
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97 | <para><filename class="libraryfile">libcurl</filename> provides the
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98 | functionality of <command>curl</command> to other programs.</para></sect3>
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99 |
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100 | </sect2>
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101 |
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102 | </sect1>
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103 |
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