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<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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<?dbhtml filename="curl.html"?>
<title>cURL-&curl-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>cURL</application></title>

<para>The <application>cURL</application> package contains 
<command>curl</command> and its support library. This is useful for 
transferring files with <acronym>URL</acronym> syntax.  This ability to both 
download and redirect files can be incorporated into other programs to support 
functions like streaming media.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&curl-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&curl-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &curl-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: &curl-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &curl-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>cURL</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, 
<xref linkend="openssl"/>, 
<xref linkend="openldap"/>, 
<xref linkend="mitkrb"/> or <xref linkend="heimdal"/>, 
<ulink url="http://www.pdc.kth.se/kth-krb/">krb4</ulink>, 
<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/">Libidn</ulink> and 
<ulink url="http://www.vintela.com/resources/topics/spnego/">SPNEGO</ulink>
</para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>cURL</application></title>

<para>Install <application>cURL</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><option>--with-gssapi=/usr</option>: 
This parameter adds <application>Kerberos 5</application> support to 
<filename class="libraryfile">libcurl</filename>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>cURL</application> package contains 
<command>curl</command>, <command>curl-config</command> and the
<filename class="libraryfile">libcurl</filename> libraries.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>curl</title>
<para><command>curl</command> is a client that can get documents from or send 
documents to any of the following protocols: <acronym>HTTP</acronym>, 
<acronym>HTTPS</acronym> (needs <xref linkend="openssl"/>), 
<acronym>FTP</acronym>, GOPHER, DICT, TELNET, <acronym>LDAP</acronym> (needs 
<xref linkend="openldap"/>) or FILE.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>curl-config</title>
<para><command>curl-config</command> prints information about the last compile, 
like libraries linked to and prefix setting.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>libcurl</title>
<para><filename class="libraryfile">libcurl</filename> provides the 
functionality of <command>curl</command> to other programs.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

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