I am having trouble getting curl to run on Windows.
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I have downloaded a curl zip file from here, but it seems to contain source code, not an executable.
Do I need to compile curl to run it? If yes, then how do I do that?
Where can I find
.exe downloads for curl?
CURL for Windows. CURL for Windows is an MSI installer for cURL, the popular command-line web transfer tool. (Go to downloads). The cURL Manager: cURL for Windows with automatic upgrades and special sftp features; Help! I can't uninstall or upgrade cURL for Windows! Curl supports Windows 10 with the release of Curl RTE 8.0.6, 7.0.7 and CDE 8.0.6001. The Curl Runtime Engine (versions 8.0.7, 7.0.7) and Curl Development tools (versions 8.0.6001)have been verified to operate with Windows 10. Curl Runtime Engine Download Page. What is curl.exe? The genuine curl.exe file is a software component of cURL by cURL. CURL is a command line tool and library for transferring data with URLs. Curl.exe is the main executable for running cURL.
I have looked for documentation on installing curl, but there is little to be found.
CURL for Windows. CURL for Windows is an MSI installer for cURL, the popular command-line web transfer tool. (Go to downloads). The cURL Manager: cURL for Windows with automatic upgrades and special sftp features. In the above example, curl.exe is executed (not just curl) to ensure that, in PowerShell, the real curl executable is invoked, not the PowerShell curl alias for Invoke-WebRequest Note: Using curl might be preferable if you have to invoke/script download steps using Cmd shell and/or.bat /.cmd scripts.
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Assuming you got it from https://curl.haxx.se/download.html, just unzip it wherever you want. No need to install. If you are going to use SSL, you need to download the OpenSSL DLLs, available from curl's website.
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It is possible that you won't need to download anything:
If you are already using a package manager, it may be more convenient to install with one:
Downloading curl
It is too easy to accidentally download the wrong thing. If, on the curl homepage, you click the large and prominent 'Download' section in the site header, and then the large and prominent
curl-7.62.0.tar.gz link in its body, you will have downloaded a curl source package, which contains curl's source code but not curl.exe . Watch out for that.
Instead, click the large and prominent download links on this page. Those are the official Windows builds, and they are provided by the curl-for-win project.
If you have more esoteric needs (e.g. you want cygwin builds, third-party builds, libcurl, header files, sources, etc.), use the curl download wizard. After answering five questions, you will be presented with a list of download links.
Extracting and setting up curl
Find
curl.exe within your downloaded package; it's probably under bin .
Pick a location on your hard drive that will serve as a permanent home for curl:
Place
curl.exe under the folder. And never move the folder or its contents.
Next, you'll want to make curl available anywhere from the command line. To do this, add the folder to
PATH , like this:
Now enjoy typing curl at any command prompt. Party time!
Now you can run from the command line by typing:
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The simplest tutorial for setting up cURL on Windows is the Making cURL work on Windows 7. It only have 3 easy steps.
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Even more easier:
Download the Win64 2000/XP x86_64 MSI installer provided by Edward LoPinto.
At the time of writing file Benny NeugebauerBenny Neugebauer
curl-7.46.0-win64.exe was the most recent. Tested with Windows 10.
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Starting with Windows 10 version 1803 (and earlier, with insider build 17063), you don't install
curl anymore. Windows includes a nativecurl.exe (and tar.exe ) in C:WindowsSystem32 , which you can access right from your regular CMD .
See the initial announcement and the release announcement.
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Sims 3 registration code. It's probably worth noting that Powershell v3 and up, contains a cmdlet called Invoke-WebRequest that has some curl-ish capabilities. The New-WebServiceProxy and Invoke-RestMethod cmdlets are probably worth mentioning too.
I'm not sure they will fit your needs or not, but although I'm not a Windows guy, I have to say I find the object approach PS takes, a lot easier to work with than utilities such as curl, wget etc. They may be worth taking a look at
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As you already know, you can find several packages of binaries on the official curl website.
Once you download a package, unzip it wherever you want. I recommend adding its location to your path, so you can call curl from batch or powershell scripts. To add a directory to your path type 'environment variables' in the start menu, and select 'edit user environment variables'. Select Path, and add to the end of the 'value' box: ;C:curldirectory (with the directory changed to where you saved curl.)
If you want to use SSL you need a certificate bundle. Run either mk-ca-bundle.pl (perl) or mk-ca-bundle.vbs (VBScript). Some of the packages of binaries include one or both of them. If your download doesn't include one, download one here: https://github.com/bagder/curl/tree/master/lib. I recommend mk-ca-bundle.vbs, as on windows you simply double click it to run it. It will produce a file called ca-bundle.crt. Rename it curl-ca-bundle.crt and save it in the directory with curl.exe.
Alternatively, I recently developed an msi installer that sets up a full featured build of curl with just a few clicks. It automatically ads curl to your path, includes a ready-to-use ssl certificate bundle, and makes the curl manual and documentation accessible from the start menu. You can download it at www.confusedbycode.com/curl/.
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Note also that installing Git for Windows from git-scm.com also installs Curl. You can then run Curl from Git for Windows' BASH terminal (not the default Windows CMD terminal).
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Install Chocolatey package manager for Windows. Once installed, simply enter Dzmitry Lahoda
choco install curl . Then you can use curl from a terminal.
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You can build the latest version of curl, openssl, libssh2 and zlib in 3 simplesteps by following this tutorial.
Curl is built statically so you do not have to distribute the prerequisite dynamic runtime.
You can also download a prebuilt version (x86 and x64) from SourceForge.
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I had a lot of issues with curl for Windows. I finally used Cygwin, which includes curl by default.
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Thought I'd write exactly what I did (Windows 10, 64-bit):
From the download page https://curl.haxx.se/download.html choose the download wizard https://curl.haxx.se/dlwiz/
Choose curl executable.
Choose Win64.
Choose generic. Muv luv altered fable.
Choose any.
Choose x86_64.
Choose the first recommended option. For me this was:
curl version: 7.53.1 - SSL enabled SSH enabled. Provided by: Viktor Szakáts. This package is type curl executable You will get a pre-built 'curl' binary from this link (or in some cases, by using the information that is provided at the page this link takes you). You may or may not get 'libcurl' installed as a shared library/DLL.The file is packaged using 7zip. 7zip is a file archiving format.
Click download.
You should have the file curl-7.53.1-win64-mingw.7z in your downloads folder.
Install 7-Zip if you don't have it.
Right-click, 7-Zip, Extract Here. Copy and paste the extracted file somewhere like Z:Tools
If you look in the bin folder you'll see curl.exe. If you double-click it a window will quickly flash up and vanish. To run it you need to use the Command Prompt. Navigate to the bin folder and type curl followed by your parameters to make a request. You must use double-quotes. Single quotes won't work with curl on Windows.
Now you'll want to add curl to a user's Path variable so you don't have to navigate to the right folder to run the program. Go to This PC, Computer, System Properties, Advanced system settings, authenticate as an administrator (you're not running as admin, right? Right?) Environment Variables, System variables, look at the list and select Path, then Edit, then New, then, e.g.
Z:Toolscurl-7.53.1-win64-mingwbin
You can add a trailing backslash if you like, I don't think it matters. Click move up until it's at the top of the list, then you can see it easily from the previous screen. Click OK, OK, OK, then crack open a Command Prompt and you can run curl by typing curl from any folder, as any user. Don't forget your double-quotes.
This is the answer I wish I'd had.
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I was looking for the download process of Curl and every where they said copy curl.exe file in System32 but they haven't provided the direct link. so here it is enjoy, find curl.exe easily in bin folder just
unzip it and then go to bin folder there you get exe file
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This installer made it easy for mehttp://www.confusedbycode.com/curl/
The link describes how to use it. Here's a summary taken from the website above:
'You can install cURL for Windows with only a few clicks. Just download and run an installer from the table below, and click Install. The default installation includes:
To include developers' files in your installation, click Advanced. The developers' files include libcurl.dll, libeay32.dll, ssleay32.dll, libssh2.dll, zlib.dll, msvcr120.dll, C headers, libs, and code examples.
When you click Advanced you can also choose whether or not to install the documentation and manuals, and whether or not to add cURL to your path.
If you don't have administrator privileges on your computer, use one of the files from the 'Without Administrator Privileges' row. These install cURL in C:UsersNameAppDataLocalApps.
If you do not want to use the installer, but still want the contents listed above, you can download one of the zip archives.'
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Just download curl and extract the compressed file. You will get the file 'curl.exe'. Open a CMD Shell, drag the file curl.exe into the CMD Shell, now you can use curl.
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After adding curl.exe's path to the System Variable 'Path'
you can open command prompt and run 'curl -V' to see if it is working.
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Follow download wizard
Follow the screens one by one to select type of package (curl executable), OS (Win64), flavor (Generic), CPU (x86_64) and the download link.
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unzip download and find curl.exe (I found it in src folder, one may find it in bin folder for different OS/flavor)
To make it available from the command line, add the executable path to the system path (Adding directory to PATH Environment Variable in Windows).
Enjoy curl.
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Statically built WITH ssl for windows:
You need curl-7.35.0-openssl-libssh2-zlib-x64.7z
.and for ssl all you need to do is add '-k' in addition to any other of your parameters and the bundle BS problem is gone; no CA verification.
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I have successfully used Windows curl-installer: http://open-edx-windows-7-installation-instructions.readthedocs.io/en/latest/6_Install_cURL_for_Windows.html
by using cURL for Windows direct download link with msi-installer.Remember to reboot your system after installing.
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