If you get your code off a git repository, see the GIT-INFO file in the
root directory for specific instructions on how to proceed.
-UNIX
+Unix
====
- A normal unix installation is made in three or four steps (after you've
+
+ A normal Unix installation is made in three or four steps (after you've
unpacked the source archive):
./configure
./configure --disable-thread
- To build curl with kerberos4 support enabled, curl requires the krb4 libs
- and headers installed. You can then use a set of options to tell
- configure where those are:
-
- --with-krb4-includes[=DIR] Specify location of kerberos4 headers
- --with-krb4-libs[=DIR] Specify location of kerberos4 libs
- --with-krb4[=DIR] where to look for Kerberos4
-
- In most cases, /usr/athena is the install prefix and then it works with
-
- ./configure --with-krb4=/usr/athena
-
If you're a curl developer and use gcc, you might want to enable more
debug options with the --enable-debug option.
To build with axTLS for SSL/TLS, use both --without-ssl and --with-axtls.
- To get GSSAPI support, build with --with-gssapi and have the MIT or
- Heimdal Kerberos 5 packages installed.
+ To build with GSS-API support, use --with-gssapi and have the MIT Kerberos
+ or Heimdal packages installed.
To get support for SCP and SFTP, build with --with-libssh2 and have
libssh2 0.16 or later installed.
SPECIAL CASES
-------------
+
Some versions of uClibc require configuring with CPPFLAGS=-D_GNU_SOURCE=1
to get correct large file support.
./configure CC=owcc AR="$WATCOM/binl/wlib" AR_FLAGS=-q \
RANLIB=/bin/true STRIP="$WATCOM/binl/wstrip" CFLAGS=-Wextra
-
Win32
=====
If you get linkage errors read section 5.7 of the FAQ document.
-
MingW32
-------
environment variables, for example:
set ZLIB_PATH=c:\zlib-1.2.8
- set OPENSSL_PATH=c:\openssl-0.9.8y
+ set OPENSSL_PATH=c:\openssl-0.9.8zc
set LIBSSH2_PATH=c:\libssh2-1.4.3
ATTENTION: if you want to build with libssh2 support you have to use latest
- optional recent Novell CLDAP SDK available from:
http://developer.novell.com/ndk/cldap.htm
-
Cygwin
------
MSVC 6 caveats
--------------
- If you use MSVC 6 it is required that you use the February 2003 edition PSDK:
- http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/psdk-full.htm
+ If you use MSVC 6 it is required that you use the February 2003 edition of
+ the 'Platform SDK' which can be downloaded from:
+
+ http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=12261
Building any software with MSVC 6 without having PSDK installed is just
asking for trouble down the road once you have released it, you might notice
choice of static vs dynamic runtime and third party libraries. Anyone using
software built in such way will at some point regret having done so.
- When someone uses MSVC 6 without PSDK he is using a compiler back from 1998.
-
If the compiler has been updated with the installation of a service pack as
those mentioned in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/194022 the compiler can be
safely used to read source code, translate and make it object code.
header files and libraries with bugs and security issues which have already
been addressed and fixed long time ago.
- In order to make use of the updated system headers and fixed libraries
- for MSVC 6, it is required that 'Platform SDK', PSDK from now onwards,
- is installed. The specific PSDK that must be installed for MSVC 6 is the
- February 2003 edition, which is the latest one supporting the MSVC 6 compiler,
- this PSDK is also known as 'Windows Server 2003 PSDK' and can be downloaded
- from http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/psdk-full.htm
-
So, building curl and libcurl with MSVC 6 without PSDK is absolutely
discouraged for the benefit of anyone using software built in such
environment. And it will not be supported in any way, as we could just
Before running nmake define the OPENSSL_PATH environment variable with
the root/base directory of OpenSSL, for example:
- set OPENSSL_PATH=c:\openssl-0.9.8y
+ set OPENSSL_PATH=c:\openssl-0.9.8zc
Then run 'nmake vc-ssl' or 'nmake vc-ssl-dll' in curl's root
directory. 'nmake vc-ssl' will create a libcurl static and dynamic
at runtime.
Run 'nmake vc-ssl-zlib' to build with both ssl and zlib support.
- MSVC 6 IDE
- ----------
-
- A minimal VC++ 6.0 reference workspace (vc6curl.dsw) is available with the
- source distribution archive to allow proper building of the two included
- projects, the libcurl library and the curl tool.
-
- 1) Open the vs/vc6/vc6curl.dsw workspace with MSVC6's IDE.
- 2) Select 'Build' from top menu.
- 3) Select 'Batch Build' from dropdown menu.
- 4) Make sure that the eight project configurations are 'checked'.
- 5) Click on the 'Build' button.
- 6) Once the eight project configurations are built you are done.
-
- Dynamic and static libcurl libraries are built in debug and release flavours,
- and can be located each one in its own subdirectory, dll-debug, dll-release,
- lib-debug and lib-release, all of them below the 'vs/vc6/lib' subdirectory.
+ MSVC IDE
+ --------
- In the same way four curl executables are created, each using its respective
- library. The resulting curl executables are located in its own subdirectory,
- dll-debug, dll-release, lib-debug and lib-release, below 'vs/vc6/src' subdir.
+ A fairly comprehensive set of Visual Studio project files are available for
+ v6.0 through v12.0 and are located in the projects folder to allow proper
+ building of both the libcurl library as well as the curl tool.
- These reference VC++ 6.0 configurations are generated using the dynamic CRT.
-
- Intentionally, these reference VC++ 6.0 projects and configurations don't use
- third party libraries, such as OpenSSL or Zlib, to allow proper compilation
- and configuration for all new users without further requirements.
-
- If you need something more 'involved' you might adjust them for your own use,
- or explore the world of makefiles described above 'MSVC from command line'.
+ For more information about these projects and building via Visual Studio
+ please see the README file located in the projects folder.
Borland C++ compiler
- ---------------------
+ --------------------
Ensure that your build environment is properly set up to use the compiler
and associated tools. PATH environment variable must include the path to
is required, as well as the OpenSSL libeay32.lib and ssleay32.lib
libraries.
-
OTHER MSVC IDEs
---------------
Make the sources in the src/ drawer be a "win32 console application"
project. Name it curl.
-
Disabling Specific Protocols in Win32 builds
--------------------------------------------
CURL_DISABLE_FILE disables FILE
CURL_DISABLE_TFTP disables TFTP
CURL_DISABLE_HTTP disables HTTP
+ CURL_DISABLE_IMAP disables IMAP
+ CURL_DISABLE_POP3 disables POP3
+ CURL_DISABLE_SMTP disables SMTP
- If you want to set any of these defines you have the following
- possibilities:
+ If you want to set any of these defines you have the following options:
- Modify lib/config-win32.h
- Modify lib/curl_setup.h
- Modify lib/Makefile.vc6
- - Add defines to Project/Settings/C/C++/General/Preprocessor Definitions
- in the vc6libcurl.dsw/vc6libcurl.dsp Visual C++ 6 IDE project.
+ - Modify the "Preprocessor Definitions" in the libcurl project
+ Note: The pre-processor settings can be found using the Visual Studio IDE
+ under "Project -> Settings -> C/C++ -> General" in VC6 and "Project ->
+ Properties -> Configuration Properties -> C/C++ -> Preprocessor" in later
+ versions.
Using BSD-style lwIP instead of Winsock TCP/IP stack in Win32 builds
--------------------------------------------------------------------
- Modify lib/config-win32.h and src/config-win32.h
- Modify lib/Makefile.vc6
- - Add definition to Project/Settings/C/C++/General/Preprocessor Definitions
- in the vc6libcurl.dsw/vc6libcurl.dsp Visual C++ 6 IDE project.
+ - Modify the "Preprocessor Definitions" in the libcurl project
+
+ Note: The pre-processor settings can be found using the Visual Studio IDE
+ under "Project -> Settings -> C/C++ -> General" in VC6 and "Project ->
+ Properties -> Configuration Properties -> C/C++ -> Preprocessor" in later
+ versions.
Once that libcurl has been built with BSD-style lwIP TCP/IP stack support,
in order to use it with your program it is mandatory that your program
add '-DCURL_STATICLIB' to your CFLAGS. Otherwise the linker will look for
dynamic import symbols.
-
Apple iOS and Mac OS X
======================
+
On recent Apple operating systems, curl can be built to use Apple's
SSL/TLS implementation, Secure Transport, instead of OpenSSL. To build with
Secure Transport for SSL/TLS, use the configure option --with-darwinssl. (It
./configure --with-darwinssl
make
-
IBM OS/2
========
+
Building under OS/2 is not much different from building under unix.
You need:
If you're getting huge binaries, probably your makefiles have the -g in
CFLAGS.
-
VMS
===
+
(The VMS section is in whole contributed by the friendly Nico Baggus)
Curl seems to work with FTP & HTTP other protocols are not tested. (the
the name can be fetched from external or internal message libraries
Error code - the err codes assigned by the application
Sev. - severity: Even = error, off = non error
+
0 = Warning
1 = Success
2 = Error
Compaq C V6.2-003 on OpenVMS Alpha V7.1-1H2
So far for porting notes as of:
+
13-jul-2001
N. Baggus
-
QNX
===
+
(This section was graciously brought to us by David Bentham)
As QNX is targeted for resource constrained environments, the QNX headers
A good all-round solution to this is to override the default when building
libcurl, by overriding CFLAGS during configure, example
- # configure CFLAGS='-DFD_SETSIZE=64 -g -O2'
+ # configure CFLAGS='-DFD_SETSIZE=64 -g -O2'
RISC OS
=======
+
The library can be cross-compiled using gccsdk as follows:
CC=riscos-gcc AR=riscos-ar RANLIB='riscos-ar -s' ./configure \
where riscos-gcc and riscos-ar are links to the gccsdk tools.
You can then link your program with curl/lib/.libs/libcurl.a
-
AmigaOS
=======
+
(This section was graciously brought to us by Diego Casorran)
To build cURL/libcurl on AmigaOS just type 'make amiga' ...
To enable SSL support, you need a OpenSSL native version (without ixemul),
you can find a precompiled package at http://amiga.sourceforge.net/OpenSSL/
-
NetWare
=======
+
To compile curl.nlm / libcurl.nlm you need:
+
- either any gcc / nlmconv, or CodeWarrior 7 PDK 4 or later.
- gnu make and awk running on the platform you compile on;
native Win32 versions can be downloaded from:
the status of these builds can be viewed at the autobuild table:
http://curl.haxx.se/dev/builds.html
-
eCos
====
+
curl does not use the eCos build system, so you must first build eCos
separately, then link curl to the resulting eCos library. Here's a sample
configure line to do so on an x86 Linux box targeting x86:
config.errors = stderr; /* default errors to stderr */
-
Minix
=====
+
curl can be compiled on Minix 3 using gcc or ACK (starting with
ver. 3.1.3). Ensure that GNU gawk and bash are both installed and
available in the PATH.
make
chmem =256000 src/curl
-
Symbian OS
==========
+
The Symbian OS port uses the Symbian build system to compile. From the
packages/Symbian/group/ directory, run:
SDK doesn't include support for P.I.P.S., you will need to contact
your SDK vendor to obtain that first.
-
VxWorks
========
+
Build for VxWorks is performed using cross compilation.
That means you build on Windows machine using VxWorks tools and
run the built image on the VxWorks device.
As a result the libcurl.a library should be created in the 'lib' folder.
To clean the build results type 'make -f ./Makefile.vxworks clean'.
-
Android
=======
+
Method using the static makefile:
+
- see the build notes in the packages/Android/Android.mk file.
Method using a configure cross-compile (tested with Android NDK r7c, r8):
+
- prepare the toolchain of the Android NDK for standalone use; this can
be done by invoking the script:
./build/tools/make-standalone-toolchain.sh
found in your automake folder:
find /usr -name config.sub
- Wrapper for pkg-config
+ Wrapper for pkg-config:
+
- In order to make proper use of pkg-config so that configure is able to
find all dependencies you should create a wrapper script for pkg-config;
file /opt/arm-linux-androideabi-4.4.3/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-pkg-config:
also create a copy or symlink with name arm-unknown-linux-androideabi-pkg-config.
-
CROSS COMPILE
=============
+
(This section was graciously brought to us by Jim Duey, with additions by
Dan Fandrich)
./configure --host=ARCH-OS
-
REDUCING SIZE
=============
+
There are a number of configure options that can be used to reduce the
size of libcurl for embedded applications where binary size is an
important factor. First, be sure to set the CFLAGS variable when
--disable-verbose (eliminates debugging strings and error code strings)
--enable-hidden-symbols (eliminates unneeded symbols in the shared library)
--without-libidn (disables support for the libidn DNS library)
+ --without-librtmp (disables support for RTMP)
--without-ssl (disables support for SSL/TLS)
--without-zlib (disables support for on-the-fly decompression)
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" \
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-s -Wl,-Bsymbolic -Wl,--gc-sections"
.comment section).
Using these techniques it is possible to create a basic HTTP-only shared
- libcurl library for i386 Linux platforms that is only 106 KiB in size, and
- an FTP-only library that is 108 KiB in size (as of libcurl version 7.27.0,
- using gcc 4.6.3).
+ libcurl library for i386 Linux platforms that is only 114 KiB in size, and
+ an FTP-only library that is 115 KiB in size (as of libcurl version 7.35.0,
+ using gcc 4.8.2).
You may find that statically linking libcurl to your application will
result in a lower total size than dynamically linking.
command line. Following is a list of appropriate key words:
--disable-cookies !cookies
- --disable-crypto-auth !HTTP\ Digest\ auth !HTTP\ proxy\ Digest\ auth
--disable-manual !--manual
--disable-proxy !HTTP\ proxy !proxytunnel !SOCKS4 !SOCKS5
-
PORTS
=====
+
This is a probably incomplete list of known hardware and operating systems
that curl has been compiled for. If you know a system curl compiles and
runs on, that isn't listed, please let us know!
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