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curl Installation

curl Installation

Learn about the curl utility and how to install it.

Installation hints

The examples and exercises in this course rely on a handful of handy tools and utilities. This appendix is a short guide to locating and safely installing these tools on our local machine. Most of the installation routines are pretty straightforward. However, a couple of them are involved because the tools are supported on many different operating systems and involve multiple versions. We’ve tried to provide additional advice along the way to help steer you through any potential problems.

We advise that you stick to installing these tools from the web locations mentioned in this appendix. Many of these utilities are free, open-source software products, and some versions of them may be hosted on private web pages. But there’s a slight chance that these unofficial download pages will serve up versions ...