1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/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 "3a461b145a4a31fe7d5a44684e7fbdbc">
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10 | <!ENTITY curl-size "2.1 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY curl-buildsize "33 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY curl-time "0.5 SBU (additional 0.9 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
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34 | <filename class="libraryfile">libcurl</filename>. This is useful for
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35 | transferring files with URL syntax to any of the following protocols:
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36 | FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS and FILE.
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37 | This ability to both download and upload files can be incorporated into other
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38 | programs to support functions like streaming media.</para>
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39 |
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40 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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41 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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42 | <listitem>
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43 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&curl-download-http;"/></para>
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44 | </listitem>
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45 | <listitem>
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46 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&curl-download-ftp;"/></para>
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47 | </listitem>
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48 | <listitem>
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49 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &curl-md5sum;</para>
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50 | </listitem>
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51 | <listitem>
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52 | <para>Download size: &curl-size;</para>
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53 | </listitem>
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54 | <listitem>
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55 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &curl-buildsize;</para>
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56 | </listitem>
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57 | <listitem>
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58 | <para>Estimated build time: &curl-time;</para>
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59 | </listitem>
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60 | </itemizedlist>
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61 |
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62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">cURL Dependencies</bridgehead>
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63 |
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64 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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65 | <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
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66 | <xref linkend="openssl"/> or <xref linkend="gnutls"/>,
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67 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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68 | <xref linkend="libidn"/>,
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69 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> or <xref linkend="heimdal"/>,
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70 | <ulink url="http://www.libssh2.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page">libssh2</ulink>
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71 | (for secure transfers),
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72 | <ulink url="http://www.pdc.kth.se/kth-krb/">krb4</ulink>,
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73 | <ulink url="http://www.vintela.com/resources/topics/spnego/">SPNEGO</ulink>, and
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74 | <ulink url="http://daniel.haxx.se/projects/c-ares/">c-ares</ulink></para>
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75 |
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76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional for Running the Test Suite</bridgehead>
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77 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="stunnel"/> (for the HTTPS and FTPS tests)</para>
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78 |
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79 | <!-- and
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80 | <ulink url="http://valgrind.org/">Valgrind</ulink> (not used if building
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81 | the shared library)</para> -->
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82 |
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83 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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84 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/curl"/></para>
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85 |
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86 | </sect2>
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87 |
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88 | <sect2 role="installation">
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89 | <title>Installation of cURL</title>
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90 |
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91 | <para>Install <application>cURL</application> by running the following
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92 | commands:</para>
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93 |
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94 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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95 | make</userinput></screen>
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96 |
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97 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>. Note that
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98 | if you have <application>Stunnel</application> and
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99 | <application>TCP Wrapper</application> installed and you wish to perform
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100 | the HTTPS tests, you'll need to have an unrestrictive
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101 | <filename>/etc/hosts.deny</filename> file.</para>
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102 |
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103 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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104 |
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105 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install &&
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106 | find docs -name "Makefile*" -o -name "*.1" -o -name "*.3" | xargs rm &&
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107 | install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version; &&
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108 | cp -v -R docs/* /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version;</userinput></screen>
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109 |
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110 | </sect2>
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111 |
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112 | <sect2 role="commands">
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113 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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114 |
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115 | <para><option>--with-gssapi</option>:
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116 | This parameter adds <application>Kerberos 5</application> support to
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117 | <filename class="libraryfile">libcurl</filename>.</para>
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118 |
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119 | <para><option>--with-libssh2</option>:
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120 | This parameter adds SSH2 protocol support to
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121 | <filename class="libraryfile">libcurl</filename>.</para>
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122 |
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123 | <para><option>--without-ssl --with-gnutls</option>:
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124 | To build with GnuTLS support instead of OpenSSL for SSL/TLS.
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125 | </para>
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126 |
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127 | <para><command>find docs -name "Makefile*" -o -name "*.1"
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128 | -o -name "*.3" | xargs rm</command>: This command removes man files
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129 | from the source tree that have already been installed by the
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130 | <command>make install</command> command.</para>
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131 |
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132 | </sect2>
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133 |
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134 | <sect2 role="content">
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135 | <title>Contents</title>
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136 |
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137 | <segmentedlist>
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138 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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139 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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140 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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141 |
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142 | <seglistitem>
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143 | <seg>curl and curl-config</seg>
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144 | <seg>libcurl.{so,a}</seg>
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145 | <seg>/usr/include/curl, /usr/share/curl
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146 | and /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version;</seg>
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147 | </seglistitem>
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148 | </segmentedlist>
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149 |
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150 | <variablelist>
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151 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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152 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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153 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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154 |
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155 | <varlistentry id="curl-prog">
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156 | <term><command>curl</command></term>
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157 | <listitem>
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158 | <para>is a command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax.
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159 | </para>
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160 | <indexterm zone="curl curl-prog">
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161 | <primary sortas="b-curl">curl</primary>
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162 | </indexterm>
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163 | </listitem>
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164 | </varlistentry>
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165 |
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166 | <varlistentry id="curl-config">
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167 | <term><command>curl-config</command></term>
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168 | <listitem>
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169 | <para>prints information about the last compile, like libraries
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170 | linked to and prefix setting.</para>
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171 | <indexterm zone="curl curl-config">
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172 | <primary sortas="b-curl-config">curl-config</primary>
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173 | </indexterm>
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174 | </listitem>
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175 | </varlistentry>
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176 |
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177 | <varlistentry id="libcurl">
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178 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libcurl.{so,a}</filename></term>
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179 | <listitem>
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180 | <para>provides the API functions required by
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181 | <command>curl</command> and other programs.</para>
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182 | <indexterm zone="curl libcurl">
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183 | <primary sortas="c-libcurl">libcurl.{so,a}</primary>
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184 | </indexterm>
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185 | </listitem>
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186 | </varlistentry>
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187 |
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188 | </variablelist>
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189 |
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190 | </sect2>
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191 |
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192 | </sect1>
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