glfs/basicnet/netlibs/curl.xml
Randy McMurchy dca2fac36b Updated to cURL-7.12.2
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!ENTITY curl-download-http "http://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-&curl-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY curl-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pub/unix/network/curl/curl-&curl-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY curl-size "1.2 MB">
<!ENTITY curl-buildsize "21.7 MB">
<!ENTITY curl-time "0.38 SBU (additional 2.31 SBU to run test suite)">
]>
<sect1 id="curl" xreflabel="cURL-&curl-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?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>
</sect1>