_ _ ____ _ ___| | | | _ \| | / __| | | | |_) | | | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| How To Compile UNIX ==== The configure script *always* tries to find a working SSL library unless explicitely told not to. If you have SSLeay or OpenSSL installed in the default search path for your compiler/linker, you don't need to do anything special. If you have SSLeay or OpenSSL installed in /usr/local/ssl, you can run configure like so: ./configure --with-ssl If you have SSLeay or OpenSSL installed somewhere else (for example, /opt/OpenSSL,) you can run configure like this: ./configure --with-ssl=/opt/OpenSSL If you insist on forcing a build *without* SSL support, even though you may have it installed in your system, you can run configure like this: ./configure --without-ssl If you have SSLeay or OpenSSL installed, but with the libraries in one place and the header files somewhere else, you'll have to set the LDFLAGS and CPPFLAGS environment variables prior to running configure. Something like this should work: (with the Bourne shell and its clones): CPPFLAGS="-I/path/to/ssl/include" LDFLAGS="-L/path/to/ssl/lib" \ ./configure (with csh, tcsh and their clones): env CPPFLAGS="-I/path/to/ssl/include" LDFLAGS="-L/path/to/ssl/lib" \ ./configure If your SSL library was compiled with rsaref (usually for use in the United States), you may also need to set: LIBS=-lRSAglue -lrsaref (from Doug Kaufman ) Without SSL support, just run: ./configure Then run: make Use the executable `curl` in src/ directory. 'make install' copies the curl file to /usr/local/bin/ (or $prefix/bin if you used the --prefix option to configure) and copies the curl.1 man page to a suitable place too. KNOWN PROBLEMS If you happen to have autoconf installed, but a version older than 2.12 you will get into trouble. Then you can still build curl by issuing these commands: (from Ralph Beckmann ) ./configure [...] cd lib; make; cd .. cd src; make; cd .. cp src/curl elsewhere/bin/ OPTIONS Remember, to force configure to use the standard cc compiler if both cc and gcc are present, run configure like CC=cc ./configure or env Cc=cc ./configure Win32 ===== Without SSL: MingW32 (GCC-2.95) style ------------------------ Run the 'mingw32.bat' file to get the proper environment variables set, then run 'make -f Makefile.m32' in the lib/ dir and then 'make -f Makefile.m32' in the src/ dir. If you have any problems linking libraries or finding header files, be sure to look at the provided "Makefile.m32" files for the proper paths, and adjust as necessary. Cygwin style ------------ Almost identical to the unix installation. Run the configure script in the curl root with 'sh configure'. Make sure you have the sh executable in /bin/ or you'll see the configure fail towards the end. Run 'make' Microsoft command line style ---------------------------- Run the 'vcvars32.bat' file to get the proper environment variables set, then run 'nmake -f Makefile.vc6' in the lib/ dir and then 'nmake -f Makefile.vc6' in the src/ dir. IDE-style ------------------------- If you use VC++, Borland or similar compilers. Include all lib source files in a static lib "project" (all .c and .h files that is). (you should name it libcurl or similar) Make the sources in the src/ drawer be a "win32 console application" project. Name it curl. With VC++, add 'wsock32.lib' to the link libs when you build curl! Borland seems to do that itself magically. Of course you have to make sure it links with the libcurl too! For VC++ 6, there's an included Makefile.vc6 that should be possible to use out-of-the-box. Microsoft note: add /Zm200 to the compiler options, as the hugehelp.c won't compile otherwise due to "too long puts string" or something like that! With SSL: MingW32 (GCC-2.95) style ------------------------ Run the 'mingw32.bat' file to get the proper environment variables set, then run 'make -f Makefile.m32 SSL=1' in the lib/ dir and then 'make -f Makefile.m32 SSL=1' in the src/ dir. If you have any problems linking libraries or finding header files, be sure to look at the provided "Makefile.m32" files for the proper paths, and adjust as necessary. Cygwin style ------------ Haven't done, nor got any reports on how to do. It should although be identical to the unix setup for the same purpose. See above. Microsoft command line style ---------------------------- Run the 'vcvars32.bat' file to get the proper environment variables set, then run 'nmake -f Makefile.vc6 release-ssl' in the lib/ dir and then 'nmake -f Makefile.vc6' in the src/ dir. Microsoft / Borland style ------------------------- If you have OpenSSL/SSLeay, and want curl to take advantage of it, edit your project properties to use the SSL include path, link with the SSL libs and define the USE_SSLEAY symbol. OpenSSL/SSLeay ============== You'll find OpenSSL information at: http://www.openssl.org MingW32/Cygwin ============== You'll find MingW32 and Cygwin information at: http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32/index.html OpenLDAP ======== You'll find OpenLDAP information at: http://www.openldap.org You need to install it with shared libraries, which is enabled when running the ldap configure script with "--enable-shared". With my linux 2.0.36 kernel I also had to disable using threads (with --without-threads), because the configure script couldn't figure out my system.