The curl package contains curl and its support library. This is useful for transferring files with URL syntax. For example, curl http://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-&curl-version;.tar.gz > curl-&curl-version;.tar.gz would download this program's tarball to the current directory. This ability to both download and redirect files can be incorporated into other programs to support functions like streaming media. Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download size: &curl-size; Estimated Disk space required: &curl-buildsize; Estimated build time: &curl-time; and