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# how to install curl and libcurl
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## Installing Binary Packages
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Lots of people download binary distributions of curl and libcurl. This
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document does not describe how to install curl or libcurl using such a binary
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package. This document describes how to compile, build and install curl and
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libcurl from source code.
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## Building using vcpkg
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You can download and install curl and libcurl using the [vcpkg](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/) dependency manager:
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git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
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cd vcpkg
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./bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
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./vcpkg integrate install
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vcpkg install curl[tool]
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The curl port in vcpkg is kept up to date by Microsoft team members and
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community contributors. If the version is out of date, please [create an issue
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or pull request](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg) on the vcpkg repository.
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## Building from git
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If you get your code off a git repository instead of a release tarball, see
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the `GIT-INFO` file in the root directory for specific instructions on how to
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proceed.
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# Unix
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A normal Unix installation is made in three or four steps (after you have
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unpacked the source archive):
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./configure --with-openssl [--with-gnutls --with-wolfssl]
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make
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make test (optional)
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make install
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(Adjust the configure line accordingly to use the TLS library you want.)
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You probably need to be root when doing the last command.
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Get a full listing of all available configure options by invoking it like:
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./configure --help
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If you want to install curl in a different file hierarchy than `/usr/local`,
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specify that when running configure:
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./configure --prefix=/path/to/curl/tree
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If you have write permission in that directory, you can do 'make install'
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without being root. An example of this would be to make a local install in
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your own home directory:
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./configure --prefix=$HOME
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make
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make install
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The configure script always tries to find a working SSL library unless
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explicitly told not to. If you have OpenSSL installed in the default search
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path for your compiler/linker, you do not need to do anything special. If you
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have OpenSSL installed in `/usr/local/ssl`, you can run configure like:
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./configure --with-openssl
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If you have OpenSSL installed somewhere else (for example, `/opt/OpenSSL`) and
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you have pkg-config installed, set the pkg-config path first, like this:
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env PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/OpenSSL/lib/pkgconfig ./configure --with-openssl
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Without pkg-config installed, use this:
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./configure --with-openssl=/opt/OpenSSL
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If you insist on forcing a build without SSL support, you can run configure
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like this:
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./configure --without-ssl
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If you have OpenSSL installed, but with the libraries in one place and the
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header files somewhere else, you have to set the `LDFLAGS` and `CPPFLAGS`
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environment variables prior to running configure. Something like this should
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work:
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CPPFLAGS="-I/path/to/ssl/include" LDFLAGS="-L/path/to/ssl/lib" ./configure
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If you have shared SSL libs installed in a directory where your runtime
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linker does not find them (which usually causes configure failures), you can
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provide this option to gcc to set a hard-coded path to the runtime linker:
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LDFLAGS=-Wl,-R/usr/local/ssl/lib ./configure --with-openssl
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## Static builds
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To force a static library compile, disable the shared library creation by
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running configure like:
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./configure --disable-shared
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The configure script is primarily done to work with shared/dynamic third party
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dependencies. When linking with shared libraries, the dependency "chain" is
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handled automatically by the library loader - on all modern systems.
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If you instead link with a static library, you need to provide all the
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dependency libraries already at the link command line.
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Figuring out all the dependency libraries for a given library is hard, as it
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might involve figuring out the dependencies of the dependencies and they vary
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between platforms and change between versions.
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When using static dependencies, the build scripts will mostly assume that you,
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the user, will provide all the necessary additional dependency libraries as
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additional arguments in the build. With configure, by setting `LIBS` or
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`LDFLAGS` on the command line.
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Building statically is not for the faint of heart.
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## Debug
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If you are a curl developer and use gcc, you might want to enable more debug
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options with the `--enable-debug` option.
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curl can be built to use a whole range of libraries to provide various useful
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services, and configure will try to auto-detect a decent default. But if you
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want to alter it, you can select how to deal with each individual library.
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## Select TLS backend
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These options are provided to select the TLS backend to use.
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- AmiSSL: `--with-amissl`
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- BearSSL: `--with-bearssl`
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- GnuTLS: `--with-gnutls`.
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- mbedTLS: `--with-mbedtls`
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- OpenSSL: `--with-openssl` (also for BoringSSL, AWS-LC, libressl, and quictls)
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- rustls: `--with-rustls`
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- Schannel: `--with-schannel`
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- Secure Transport: `--with-secure-transport`
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- wolfSSL: `--with-wolfssl`
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You can build curl with *multiple* TLS backends at your choice, but some TLS
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backends cannot be combined: if you build with an OpenSSL fork (or wolfSSL),
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you cannot add another OpenSSL fork (or wolfSSL) simply because they have
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conflicting identical symbol names.
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When you build with multiple TLS backends, you can select the active one at
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run-time when curl starts up.
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## configure finding libs in wrong directory
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When the configure script checks for third-party libraries, it adds those
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directories to the `LDFLAGS` variable and then tries linking to see if it
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works. When successful, the found directory is kept in the `LDFLAGS` variable
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when the script continues to execute and do more tests and possibly check for
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more libraries.
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This can make subsequent checks for libraries wrongly detect another
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installation in a directory that was previously added to `LDFLAGS` by another
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library check.
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# Windows
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## Building Windows DLLs and C runtime (CRT) linkage issues
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As a general rule, building a DLL with static CRT linkage is highly
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discouraged, and intermixing CRTs in the same app is something to avoid at
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any cost.
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Reading and comprehending Microsoft Knowledge Base articles KB94248 and
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KB140584 is a must for any Windows developer. Especially important is full
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understanding if you are not going to follow the advice given above.
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- [How To Use the C Run-Time](https://support.microsoft.com/help/94248/how-to-use-the-c-run-time)
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- [Run-Time Library Compiler Options](https://docs.microsoft.com/cpp/build/reference/md-mt-ld-use-run-time-library)
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- [Potential Errors Passing CRT Objects Across DLL Boundaries](https://docs.microsoft.com/cpp/c-runtime-library/potential-errors-passing-crt-objects-across-dll-boundaries)
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If your app is misbehaving in some strange way, or it is suffering from memory
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corruption, before asking for further help, please try first to rebuild every
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single library your app uses as well as your app using the debug
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multi-threaded dynamic C runtime.
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If you get linkage errors read section 5.7 of the FAQ document.
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## mingw-w64
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Make sure that mingw-w64's bin directory is in the search path, for example:
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```cmd
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set PATH=c:\mingw-w64\bin;%PATH%
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```
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then run `mingw32-make mingw32` in the root dir. There are other
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make targets available to build libcurl with more features, use:
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- `mingw32-make mingw32-zlib` to build with Zlib support;
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- `mingw32-make mingw32-ssl-zlib` to build with SSL and Zlib enabled;
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- `mingw32-make mingw32-ssh2-ssl-zlib` to build with SSH2, SSL, Zlib;
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- `mingw32-make mingw32-ssh2-ssl-sspi-zlib` to build with SSH2, SSL, Zlib
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and SSPI support.
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If you have any problems linking libraries or finding header files, be sure
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to verify that the provided `Makefile.mk` files use the proper paths, and
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adjust as necessary. It is also possible to override these paths with
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environment variables, for example:
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```cmd
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set ZLIB_PATH=c:\zlib-1.2.12
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set OPENSSL_PATH=c:\openssl-3.0.5
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set LIBSSH2_PATH=c:\libssh2-1.10.0
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```
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It is also possible to build with other LDAP installations than MS LDAP;
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currently it is possible to build with native Win32 OpenLDAP, or with the
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*Novell CLDAP* SDK. If you want to use these you need to set these vars:
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```cmd
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set CPPFLAGS=-Ic:/openldap/include -DCURL_HAS_OPENLDAP_LDAPSDK
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set LDFLAGS=-Lc:/openldap/lib
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set LIBS=-lldap -llber
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```
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or for using the Novell SDK:
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```cmd
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set CPPFLAGS=-Ic:/openldapsdk/inc -DCURL_HAS_NOVELL_LDAPSDK
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set LDFLAGS=-Lc:/openldapsdk/lib/mscvc
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set LIBS=-lldapsdk -lldapssl -lldapx
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```
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If you want to enable LDAPS support then append `-ldaps` to the make target.
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## Cygwin
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Almost identical to the Unix installation. Run the configure script in the
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curl source tree root with `sh configure`. Make sure you have the `sh`
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executable in `/bin/` or you will see the configure fail toward the end.
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Run `make`
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## MS-DOS
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Requires DJGPP in the search path and pointing to the Watt-32 stack via
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`WATT_PATH=c:/djgpp/net/watt`.
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Run `make -f Makefile.dist djgpp` in the root curl dir.
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For build configuration options, please see the mingw-w64 section.
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Notes:
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- DJGPP 2.04 beta has a `sscanf()` bug so the URL parsing is not done
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properly. Use DJGPP 2.03 until they fix it.
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- Compile Watt-32 (and OpenSSL) with the same version of DJGPP. Otherwise
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things go wrong because things like FS-extensions and `errno` values have
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been changed between releases.
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## AmigaOS
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Run `make -f Makefile.dist amiga` in the root curl dir.
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For build configuration options, please see the mingw-w64 section.
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## Disabling Specific Protocols in Windows builds
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The configure utility, unfortunately, is not available for the Windows
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environment, therefore, you cannot use the various disable-protocol options of
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the configure utility on this platform.
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You can use specific defines to disable specific protocols and features. See
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[CURL-DISABLE](CURL-DISABLE.md) for the full list.
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If you want to set any of these defines you have the following options:
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- Modify `lib/config-win32.h`
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- Modify `lib/curl_setup.h`
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- Modify `winbuild/Makefile.vc`
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- Modify the "Preprocessor Definitions" in the libcurl project
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Note: The pre-processor settings can be found using the Visual Studio IDE
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under "Project -> Properties -> Configuration Properties -> C/C++ ->
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Preprocessor".
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## Using BSD-style lwIP instead of Winsock TCP/IP stack in Win32 builds
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In order to compile libcurl and curl using BSD-style lwIP TCP/IP stack it is
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necessary to make the definition of the preprocessor symbol `USE_LWIPSOCK`
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visible to libcurl and curl compilation processes. To set this definition you
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have the following alternatives:
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- Modify `lib/config-win32.h` and `src/config-win32.h`
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- Modify `winbuild/Makefile.vc`
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- Modify the "Preprocessor Definitions" in the libcurl project
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Note: The pre-processor settings can be found using the Visual Studio IDE
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under "Project -> Properties -> Configuration Properties -> C/C++ ->
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Preprocessor".
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Once that libcurl has been built with BSD-style lwIP TCP/IP stack support, in
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order to use it with your program it is mandatory that your program includes
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lwIP header file `<lwip/opt.h>` (or another lwIP header that includes this)
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before including any libcurl header. Your program does not need the
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`USE_LWIPSOCK` preprocessor definition which is for libcurl internals only.
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Compilation has been verified with lwIP 1.4.0.
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This BSD-style lwIP TCP/IP stack support must be considered experimental given
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that it has been verified that lwIP 1.4.0 still needs some polish, and libcurl
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might yet need some additional adjustment.
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## Important static libcurl usage note
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When building an application that uses the static libcurl library on Windows,
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you must add `-DCURL_STATICLIB` to your `CFLAGS`. Otherwise the linker will
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look for dynamic import symbols.
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## Legacy Windows and SSL
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Schannel (from Windows SSPI), is the native SSL library in Windows. However,
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Schannel in Windows <= XP is unable to connect to servers that
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no longer support the legacy handshakes and algorithms used by those
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versions. If you will be using curl in one of those earlier versions of
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Windows you should choose another SSL backend such as OpenSSL.
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# Apple Platforms (macOS, iOS, tvOS, watchOS, and their simulator counterparts)
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On modern Apple operating systems, curl can be built to use Apple's SSL/TLS
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implementation, Secure Transport, instead of OpenSSL. To build with Secure
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Transport for SSL/TLS, use the configure option `--with-secure-transport`.
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When Secure Transport is in use, the curl options `--cacert` and `--capath`
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and their libcurl equivalents, will be ignored, because Secure Transport uses
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the certificates stored in the Keychain to evaluate whether or not to trust
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the server. This, of course, includes the root certificates that ship with the
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OS. The `--cert` and `--engine` options, and their libcurl equivalents, are
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currently unimplemented in curl with Secure Transport.
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In general, a curl build for an Apple `ARCH/SDK/DEPLOYMENT_TARGET` combination
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can be taken by providing appropriate values for `ARCH`, `SDK`, `DEPLOYMENT_TARGET`
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below and running the commands:
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```bash
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# Set these three according to your needs
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export ARCH=x86_64
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export SDK=macosx
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export DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.8
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export CFLAGS="-arch $ARCH -isysroot $(xcrun -sdk $SDK --show-sdk-path) -m$SDK-version-min=$DEPLOYMENT_TARGET"
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./configure --host=$ARCH-apple-darwin --prefix $(pwd)/artifacts --with-secure-transport
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make -j8
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make install
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```
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Above will build curl for macOS platform with `x86_64` architecture and `10.8` as deployment target.
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Here is an example for iOS device:
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```bash
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export ARCH=arm64
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export SDK=iphoneos
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export DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=11.0
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export CFLAGS="-arch $ARCH -isysroot $(xcrun -sdk $SDK --show-sdk-path) -m$SDK-version-min=$DEPLOYMENT_TARGET"
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./configure --host=$ARCH-apple-darwin --prefix $(pwd)/artifacts --with-secure-transport
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make -j8
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make install
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```
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Another example for watchOS simulator for macs with Apple Silicon:
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```bash
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export ARCH=arm64
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export SDK=watchsimulator
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export DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=5.0
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export CFLAGS="-arch $ARCH -isysroot $(xcrun -sdk $SDK --show-sdk-path) -m$SDK-version-min=$DEPLOYMENT_TARGET"
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./configure --host=$ARCH-apple-darwin --prefix $(pwd)/artifacts --with-secure-transport
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make -j8
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make install
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```
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In all above, the built libraries and executables can be found in the
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`artifacts` folder.
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# Android
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When building curl for Android it's recommended to use a Linux/macOS environment
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since using curl's `configure` script is the easiest way to build curl
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for Android. Before you can build curl for Android, you need to install the
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Android NDK first. This can be done using the SDK Manager that is part of
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Android Studio. Once you have installed the Android NDK, you need to figure out
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where it has been installed and then set up some environment variables before
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launching `configure`. On macOS, those variables could look like this to compile
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for `aarch64` and API level 29:
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```bash
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export ANDROID_NDK_HOME=~/Library/Android/sdk/ndk/25.1.8937393 # Point into your NDK.
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export HOST_TAG=darwin-x86_64 # Same tag for Apple Silicon. Other OS values here: https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/other_build_systems#overview
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export TOOLCHAIN=$ANDROID_NDK_HOME/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/$HOST_TAG
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export AR=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/llvm-ar
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export AS=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/llvm-as
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export CC=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/aarch64-linux-android21-clang
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export CXX=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/aarch64-linux-android21-clang++
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export LD=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/ld
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export RANLIB=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/llvm-ranlib
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export STRIP=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/llvm-strip
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```
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When building on Linux or targeting other API levels or architectures, you need
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to adjust those variables accordingly. After that you can build curl like this:
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./configure --host aarch64-linux-android --with-pic --disable-shared
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Note that this will not give you SSL/TLS support. If you need SSL/TLS, you have
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to build curl against a SSL/TLS layer, e.g. OpenSSL, because it's impossible for
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curl to access Android's native SSL/TLS layer. To build curl for Android using
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OpenSSL, follow the OpenSSL build instructions and then install `libssl.a` and
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`libcrypto.a` to `$TOOLCHAIN/sysroot/usr/lib` and copy `include/openssl` to
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`$TOOLCHAIN/sysroot/usr/include`. Now you can build curl for Android using
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OpenSSL like this:
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```bash
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LIBS="-lssl -lcrypto -lc++" # For OpenSSL/BoringSSL. In general, you will need to the SSL/TLS layer's transitive dependencies if you are linking statically.
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./configure --host aarch64-linux-android --with-pic --disable-shared --with-openssl="$TOOLCHAIN/sysroot/usr"
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```
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# IBM i
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For IBM i (formerly OS/400), you can use curl in two different ways:
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- Natively, running in the **ILE**. The obvious use is being able to call curl
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from ILE C or RPG applications.
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- You will need to build this from source. See `packages/OS400/README` for
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the ILE specific build instructions.
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- In the **PASE** environment, which runs AIX programs. curl will be built as
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it would be on AIX.
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- IBM provides builds of curl in their Yum repository for PASE software.
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- To build from source, follow the Unix instructions.
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There are some additional limitations and quirks with curl on this platform;
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they affect both environments.
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## Multi-threading notes
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By default, jobs in IBM i will not start with threading enabled. (Exceptions
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include interactive PASE sessions started by `QP2TERM` or SSH.) If you use
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curl in an environment without threading when options like asynchronous DNS
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were enabled, you will get messages like:
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```
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getaddrinfo() thread failed to start
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```
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Do not panic. curl and your program are not broken. You can fix this by:
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- Set the environment variable `QIBM_MULTI_THREADED` to `Y` before starting
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your program. This can be done at whatever scope you feel is appropriate.
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- Alternatively, start the job with the `ALWMLTTHD` parameter set to `*YES`.
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# Cross compile
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Download and unpack the curl package.
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`cd` to the new directory. (e.g. `cd curl-7.12.3`)
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Set environment variables to point to the cross-compile toolchain and call
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configure with any options you need. Be sure and specify the `--host` and
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`--build` parameters at configuration time. The following script is an example
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of cross-compiling for the IBM 405GP PowerPC processor using the toolchain on
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Linux.
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```bash
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#! /bin/sh
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export PATH=$PATH:/opt/hardhat/devkit/ppc/405/bin
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export CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/hardhat/devkit/ppc/405/target/usr/include"
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export AR=ppc_405-ar
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export AS=ppc_405-as
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export LD=ppc_405-ld
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export RANLIB=ppc_405-ranlib
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export CC=ppc_405-gcc
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export NM=ppc_405-nm
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./configure --target=powerpc-hardhat-linux
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--host=powerpc-hardhat-linux
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--build=i586-pc-linux-gnu
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--prefix=/opt/hardhat/devkit/ppc/405/target/usr/local
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--exec-prefix=/usr/local
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```
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You may also need to provide a parameter like `--with-random=/dev/urandom` to
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configure as it cannot detect the presence of a random number generating
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device for a target system. The `--prefix` parameter specifies where curl
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will be installed. If `configure` completes successfully, do `make` and `make
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install` as usual.
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In some cases, you may be able to simplify the above commands to as little as:
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./configure --host=ARCH-OS
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# REDUCING SIZE
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There are a number of configure options that can be used to reduce the size of
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libcurl for embedded applications where binary size is an important factor.
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First, be sure to set the `CFLAGS` variable when configuring with any relevant
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compiler optimization flags to reduce the size of the binary. For gcc, this
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would mean at minimum the -Os option, and potentially the `-march=X`,
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`-mdynamic-no-pic` and `-flto` options as well, e.g.
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./configure CFLAGS='-Os' LDFLAGS='-Wl,-Bsymbolic'...
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Note that newer compilers often produce smaller code than older versions
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due to improved optimization.
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Be sure to specify as many `--disable-` and `--without-` flags on the
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configure command-line as you can to disable all the libcurl features that you
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|
know your application is not going to need. Besides specifying the
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`--disable-PROTOCOL` flags for all the types of URLs your application will not
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|
use, here are some other flags that can reduce the size of the library by
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disabling support for some feature:
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- `--disable-alt-svc` (HTTP Alt-Svc)
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- `--disable-ares` (the C-ARES DNS library)
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- `--disable-cookies` (HTTP cookies)
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- `--disable-crypto-auth` (cryptographic authentication)
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- `--disable-dateparse` (date parsing for time conditionals)
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- `--disable-dnsshuffle` (internal server load spreading)
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|
- `--disable-doh` (DNS-over-HTTP)
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- `--disable-get-easy-options` (lookup easy options at runtime)
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- `--disable-hsts` (HTTP Strict Transport Security)
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|
- `--disable-http-auth` (all HTTP authentication)
|
|
- `--disable-ipv6` (IPv6)
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|
- `--disable-libcurl-option` (--libcurl C code generation support)
|
|
- `--disable-manual` (built-in documentation)
|
|
- `--disable-netrc` (.netrc file)
|
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- `--disable-ntlm-wb` (NTLM WinBind)
|
|
- `--disable-progress-meter` (graphical progress meter in library)
|
|
- `--disable-proxy` (HTTP and SOCKS proxies)
|
|
- `--disable-pthreads` (multi-threading)
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- `--disable-socketpair` (socketpair for asynchronous name resolving)
|
|
- `--disable-threaded-resolver` (threaded name resolver)
|
|
- `--disable-tls-srp` (Secure Remote Password authentication for TLS)
|
|
- `--disable-unix-sockets` (UNIX sockets)
|
|
- `--disable-verbose` (eliminates debugging strings and error code strings)
|
|
- `--disable-versioned-symbols` (versioned symbols)
|
|
- `--enable-symbol-hiding` (eliminates unneeded symbols in the shared library)
|
|
- `--without-brotli` (Brotli on-the-fly decompression)
|
|
- `--without-libpsl` (Public Suffix List in cookies)
|
|
- `--without-nghttp2` (HTTP/2 using nghttp2)
|
|
- `--without-ngtcp2` (HTTP/2 using ngtcp2)
|
|
- `--without-zstd` (Zstd on-the-fly decompression)
|
|
- `--without-libidn2` (internationalized domain names)
|
|
- `--without-librtmp` (RTMP)
|
|
- `--without-ssl` (SSL/TLS)
|
|
- `--without-zlib` (on-the-fly decompression)
|
|
|
|
The GNU compiler and linker have a number of options that can reduce the
|
|
size of the libcurl dynamic libraries on some platforms even further.
|
|
Specify them by providing appropriate `CFLAGS` and `LDFLAGS` variables on
|
|
the configure command-line, e.g.
|
|
|
|
CFLAGS="-Os -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
|
|
-fno-unwind-tables -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -flto"
|
|
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-s -Wl,-Bsymbolic -Wl,--gc-sections"
|
|
|
|
Be sure also to strip debugging symbols from your binaries after compiling
|
|
using 'strip' (or the appropriate variant if cross-compiling). If space is
|
|
really tight, you may be able to remove some unneeded sections of the shared
|
|
library using the -R option to objcopy (e.g. the .comment section).
|
|
|
|
Using these techniques it is possible to create a basic HTTP-only libcurl
|
|
shared library for i386 Linux platforms that is only 133 KiB in size
|
|
(as of libcurl version 7.80.0, using gcc 11.2.0).
|
|
|
|
You may find that statically linking libcurl to your application will result
|
|
in a lower total size than dynamically linking.
|
|
|
|
Note that the curl test harness can detect the use of some, but not all, of
|
|
the `--disable` statements suggested above. Use will cause tests relying on
|
|
those features to fail. The test harness can be manually forced to skip the
|
|
relevant tests by specifying certain key words on the `runtests.pl` command
|
|
line. Following is a list of appropriate key words for those configure options
|
|
that are not automatically detected:
|
|
|
|
- `--disable-cookies` !cookies
|
|
- `--disable-dateparse` !RETRY-AFTER !`CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION` !`CURLINFO_FILETIME` !`If-Modified-Since` !`curl_getdate` !`-z`
|
|
- `--disable-libcurl-option` !`--libcurl`
|
|
- `--disable-verbose` !verbose\ logs
|
|
|
|
# PORTS
|
|
|
|
This is a probably incomplete list of known CPU architectures and operating
|
|
systems that curl has been compiled for. If you know a system curl compiles
|
|
and runs on, that is not listed, please let us know!
|
|
|
|
## 92 Operating Systems
|
|
|
|
AIX, AmigaOS, Android, Aros, BeOS, Blackberry 10, Blackberry Tablet OS,
|
|
Cell OS, Chrome OS, Cisco IOS, Cygwin, DG/UX, Dragonfly BSD, DR DOS, eCOS,
|
|
FreeBSD, FreeDOS, FreeRTOS, Fuchsia, Garmin OS, Genode, Haiku, HardenedBSD,
|
|
HP-UX, Hurd, Illumos, Integrity, iOS, ipadOS, IRIX, Linux, Lua RTOS,
|
|
Mac OS 9, macOS, Mbed, Micrium, MINIX, MorphOS, MPE/iX, MS-DOS, NCR MP-RAS,
|
|
NetBSD, Netware, Nintendo Switch, NonStop OS, NuttX, Omni OS, OpenBSD,
|
|
OpenStep, Orbis OS, OS/2, OS/400, OS21, Plan 9, PlayStation Portable, QNX,
|
|
Qubes OS, ReactOS, Redox, RICS OS, RTEMS, Sailfish OS, SCO Unix, Serenity,
|
|
SINIX-Z, Solaris, SunOS, Syllable OS, Symbian, Tizen, TPF, Tru64, tvOS,
|
|
ucLinux, Ultrix, UNICOS, UnixWare, VMS, vxWorks, watchOS, WebOS,
|
|
Wii system software, Windows, Windows CE, Xbox System, Xenix, Zephyr,
|
|
z/OS, z/TPF, z/VM, z/VSE
|
|
|
|
## 26 CPU Architectures
|
|
|
|
Alpha, ARC, ARM, AVR32, CompactRISC, Elbrus, ETRAX, HP-PA, Itanium,
|
|
LoongArch, m68k, m88k, MicroBlaze, MIPS, Nios, OpenRISC, POWER, PowerPC,
|
|
RISC-V, s390, SH4, SPARC, Tilera, VAX, x86, Xtensa
|