1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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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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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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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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9 | <!ENTITY curl-md5sum "8b8723f3c0e7acfb30c5215e6cffde32">
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10 | <!ENTITY curl-size "1.4 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY curl-buildsize "25.5 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY curl-time "0.4 SBU (additional 1.0 SBU to run the test suite)">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="curl" xreflabel="cURL-&curl-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="curl.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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21 | </sect1info>
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22 |
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23 | <title>CURL-&curl-version;</title>
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24 |
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25 | <indexterm zone="curl">
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26 | <primary sortas="a-CURL">CURL</primary>
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27 | </indexterm>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="package">
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30 | <title>Introduction to CURL</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para>The <application>cURL</application> package contains
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33 | <command>curl</command> and its support library. This is useful for
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34 | transferring files with URL syntax. This ability to both
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35 | download and redirect files can be incorporated into other programs to support
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36 | functions like streaming media.</para>
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37 |
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38 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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39 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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40 | <listitem>
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41 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&curl-download-http;"/></para>
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42 | </listitem>
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43 | <listitem>
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44 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&curl-download-ftp;"/></para>
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45 | </listitem>
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46 | <listitem>
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47 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &curl-md5sum;</para>
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48 | </listitem>
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49 | <listitem>
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50 | <para>Download size: &curl-size;</para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &curl-buildsize;</para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>Estimated build time: &curl-time;</para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | </itemizedlist>
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59 |
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60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">CURL Dependencies</bridgehead>
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61 |
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62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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63 | <para><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
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64 | <xref linkend="openssl"/> or
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65 | <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/">GnuTLS</ulink>,
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66 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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67 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> or <xref linkend="heimdal"/>,
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68 | <ulink url="http://www.pdc.kth.se/kth-krb/">krb4</ulink>,
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69 | <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/">Libidn</ulink>,
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70 | <ulink url="http://www.vintela.com/resources/topics/spnego/">SPNEGO</ulink> and
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71 | <ulink url="http://daniel.haxx.se/projects/c-ares/">c-ares</ulink></para>
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72 |
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73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (for Running the Test Suite)</bridgehead>
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74 | <para><xref linkend="stunnel"/> (for running HTTPS and FTPS tests) and
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75 | <ulink url="http://valgrind.kde.org/">Valgrind</ulink> (not used if building
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76 | the shared library)</para>
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77 |
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78 | </sect2>
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79 |
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80 | <sect2 role="installation">
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81 | <title>Installation of CURL</title>
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82 |
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83 | <para>Install <application>cURL</application> by running the following
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84 | commands:</para>
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85 |
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86 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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87 | make</userinput></screen>
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88 |
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89 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
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90 |
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91 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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92 |
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93 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install &&
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94 | find docs -name "Makefile*" \
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95 | -o -name "*.1" \
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96 | -o -name "*.3" | xargs rm &&
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97 | install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version; &&
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98 | cp -v -R docs/* /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version;</userinput></screen>
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99 |
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100 | </sect2>
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101 |
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102 | <sect2 role="commands">
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103 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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104 |
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105 | <para><option>--with-gssapi</option>:
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106 | This parameter adds <application>Kerberos 5</application> support to
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107 | <filename class="libraryfile">libcurl</filename>.</para>
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108 |
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109 | </sect2>
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110 |
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111 | <sect2 role="content">
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112 | <title>Contents</title>
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113 |
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114 | <segmentedlist>
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115 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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116 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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117 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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118 |
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119 | <seglistitem>
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120 | <seg>curl and curl-config</seg>
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121 | <seg>libcurl.[so,a]</seg>
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122 | <seg>/usr/include/curl, /usr/share/curl
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123 | and /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version;</seg>
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124 | </seglistitem>
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125 | </segmentedlist>
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126 |
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127 | <variablelist>
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128 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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129 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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130 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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131 |
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132 | <varlistentry id="curl-prog">
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133 | <term><command>curl</command></term>
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134 | <listitem>
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135 | <para>is a client that can get documents from or send documents to
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136 | any of the following protocols: HTTP, HTTPS (needs <xref
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137 | linkend="openssl"/>), FTP, GOPHER, DICT, TELNET, LDAP (needs
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138 | <xref linkend="openldap"/> at run time) or FILE.</para>
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139 | <indexterm zone="curl curl-prog">
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140 | <primary sortas="b-curl">curl</primary>
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141 | </indexterm>
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142 | </listitem>
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143 | </varlistentry>
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144 |
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145 | <varlistentry id="curl-config">
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146 | <term><command>curl-config</command></term>
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147 | <listitem>
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148 | <para>prints information about the last compile, like libraries
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149 | linked to and prefix setting.</para>
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150 | <indexterm zone="curl curl-config">
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151 | <primary sortas="b-curl-config">curl-config</primary>
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152 | </indexterm>
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153 | </listitem>
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154 | </varlistentry>
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155 |
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156 | <varlistentry id="libcurl">
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157 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libcurl.[so,a]</filename></term>
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158 | <listitem>
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159 | <para>provides the API functions required by
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160 | <command>curl</command> and other programs.</para>
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161 | <indexterm zone="curl libcurl">
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162 | <primary sortas="c-libcurl">libcurl.[so,a]</primary>
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163 | </indexterm>
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164 | </listitem>
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165 | </varlistentry>
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166 |
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167 | </variablelist>
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168 |
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169 | </sect2>
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170 |
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171 | </sect1>
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