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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 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've
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unpacked the source archive):
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./configure
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make
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make test (optional)
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make install
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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 don't 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-ssl
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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-ssl
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Without pkg-config installed, use this:
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./configure --with-ssl=/opt/OpenSSL
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If you insist on forcing a build without SSL support, even though you may
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have OpenSSL installed in your system, you can run configure 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 run-time
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linker doesn't 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 run-time linker:
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LDFLAGS=-Wl,-R/usr/local/ssl/lib ./configure --with-ssl
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## More Options
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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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To tell the configure script to skip searching for thread-safe functions, add
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an option like:
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./configure --disable-thread
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If you're 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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The default OpenSSL configure check will also detect and use BoringSSL or
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libressl.
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- GnuTLS: `--without-ssl --with-gnutls`.
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- wolfSSL: `--without-ssl --with-wolfssl`
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- NSS: `--without-ssl --with-nss`
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- PolarSSL: `--without-ssl --with-polarssl`
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- mbedTLS: `--without-ssl --with-mbedtls`
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- schannel: `--without-ssl --with-schannel`
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- secure transport: `--without-ssl --with-secure-transport`
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- MesaLink: `--without-ssl --with-mesalink`
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# Windows
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## Building Windows DLLs and C run-time (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/kb/94248/en-us)
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- [How to link with the correct C Run-Time CRT library](https://support.microsoft.com/kb/140584/en-us)
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- [Potential Errors Passing CRT Objects Across DLL Boundaries](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235460)
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If your app is misbehaving in some strange way, or it is suffering from
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memory corruption, before asking for further help, please try first to
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rebuild every single library your app uses as well as your app using the
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debug multithreaded dynamic C runtime.
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If you get linkage errors read section 5.7 of the FAQ document.
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## MingW32
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Make sure that MinGW32's bin dir is in the search path, for example:
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set PATH=c:\mingw32\bin;%PATH%
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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.m32" 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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set ZLIB_PATH=c:\zlib-1.2.8
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set OPENSSL_PATH=c:\openssl-1.0.2c
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set LIBSSH2_PATH=c:\libssh2-1.6.0
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It is also possible to build with other LDAP SDKs than MS LDAP; currently
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it is possible to build with native Win32 OpenLDAP, or with the Novell CLDAP
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SDK. If you want to use these you need to set these vars:
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set LDAP_SDK=c:\openldap
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set USE_LDAP_OPENLDAP=1
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or for using the Novell SDK:
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set USE_LDAP_NOVELL=1
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If you want to enable LDAPS support then set LDAPS=1.
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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'll see the configure fail toward the end.
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Run `make`
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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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However, you can use the following defines to disable specific
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protocols:
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- `HTTP_ONLY` disables all protocols except HTTP
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- `CURL_DISABLE_FTP` disables FTP
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- `CURL_DISABLE_LDAP` disables LDAP
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- `CURL_DISABLE_TELNET` disables TELNET
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- `CURL_DISABLE_DICT` disables DICT
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- `CURL_DISABLE_FILE` disables FILE
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- `CURL_DISABLE_TFTP` disables TFTP
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- `CURL_DISABLE_HTTP` disables HTTP
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- `CURL_DISABLE_IMAP` disables IMAP
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- `CURL_DISABLE_POP3` disables POP3
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- `CURL_DISABLE_SMTP` disables SMTP
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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 -> Settings -> C/C++ -> General" in VC6 and "Project ->
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Properties -> Configuration Properties -> C/C++ -> Preprocessor" in later
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versions.
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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 definition of preprocessor symbol USE_LWIPSOCK visible to
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libcurl and curl compilation processes. To set this definition you have the
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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 -> Settings -> C/C++ -> General" in VC6 and "Project ->
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Properties -> Configuration Properties -> C/C++ -> Preprocessor" in later
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versions.
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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
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1.4.0](https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lwip/lwip-1.4.0.zip) and
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[contrib-1.4.0](https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lwip/contrib-1.4.0.zip).
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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, caveat emptor.
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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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WinSSL (specifically Schannel from Windows SSPI), is the native SSL library in
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Windows. However, WinSSL 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 iOS and Mac OS X
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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-darwinssl`. (It is not
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necessary to use the option `--without-ssl`.) This feature requires iOS 5.0 or
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later, or OS X 10.5 ("Leopard") or later.
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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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For OS X users: In OS X 10.8 ("Mountain Lion"), Apple made a major overhaul to
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the Secure Transport API that, among other things, added support for the newer
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TLS 1.1 and 1.2 protocols. To get curl to support TLS 1.1 and 1.2, you must
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build curl on Mountain Lion or later, or by using the equivalent SDK. If you
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set the `MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET` environmental variable to an earlier
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version of OS X prior to building curl, then curl will use the new Secure
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Transport API on Mountain Lion and later, and fall back on the older API when
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the same curl binary is executed on older cats. For example, running these
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commands in curl's directory in the shell will build the code such that it
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will run on cats as old as OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard") (using bash):
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export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="10.6"
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./configure --with-darwinssl
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make
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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
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example of cross-compiling for the IBM 405GP PowerPC processor using the
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toolchain from MonteVista for Hardhat Linux.
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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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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:
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- `--disable-ares` (disables support for the C-ARES DNS library)
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- `--disable-cookies` (disables support for HTTP cookies)
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- `--disable-crypto-auth` (disables HTTP cryptographic authentication)
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- `--disable-ipv6` (disables support for IPv6)
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- `--disable-manual` (disables support for the built-in documentation)
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- `--disable-proxy` (disables support for HTTP and SOCKS proxies)
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- `--disable-unix-sockets` (disables support for UNIX sockets)
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- `--disable-verbose` (eliminates debugging strings and error code strings)
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- `--disable-versioned-symbols` (disables support for versioned symbols)
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- `--enable-hidden-symbols` (eliminates unneeded symbols in the shared library)
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- `--without-libidn` (disables support for the libidn DNS library)
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- `--without-librtmp` (disables support for RTMP)
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- `--without-ssl` (disables support for SSL/TLS)
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- `--without-zlib` (disables support for on-the-fly decompression)
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The GNU compiler and linker have a number of options that can reduce the
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size of the libcurl dynamic libraries on some platforms even further.
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Specify them by providing appropriate CFLAGS and LDFLAGS variables on the
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configure command-line, e.g.
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CFLAGS="-Os -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
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-fno-unwind-tables -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -flto"
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LDFLAGS="-Wl,-s -Wl,-Bsymbolic -Wl,--gc-sections"
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Be sure also to strip debugging symbols from your binaries after compiling
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using 'strip' (or the appropriate variant if cross-compiling). If space is
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really tight, you may be able to remove some unneeded sections of the shared
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library using the -R option to objcopy (e.g. the .comment section).
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Using these techniques it is possible to create a basic HTTP-only shared
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libcurl library for i386 Linux platforms that is only 113 KiB in size, and an
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FTP-only library that is 113 KiB in size (as of libcurl version 7.50.3, using
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gcc 5.4.0).
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You may find that statically linking libcurl to your application will result
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in a lower total size than dynamically linking.
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Note that the curl test harness can detect the use of some, but not all, of
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the `--disable` statements suggested above. Use will cause tests relying on
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those features to fail. The test harness can be manually forced to skip the
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relevant tests by specifying certain key words on the runtests.pl command
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line. Following is a list of appropriate key words:
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- `--disable-cookies` !cookies
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- `--disable-manual` !--manual
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- `--disable-proxy` !HTTP\ proxy !proxytunnel !SOCKS4 !SOCKS5
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# PORTS
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This is a probably incomplete list of known hardware and operating systems
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that curl has been compiled for. If you know a system curl compiles and
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runs on, that isn't listed, please let us know!
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- Alpha DEC OSF 4
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- Alpha Digital UNIX v3.2
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- Alpha FreeBSD 4.1, 4.5
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- Alpha Linux 2.2, 2.4
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- Alpha NetBSD 1.5.2
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- Alpha OpenBSD 3.0
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- Alpha OpenVMS V7.1-1H2
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- Alpha Tru64 v5.0 5.1
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- AVR32 Linux
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- ARM Android 1.5, 2.1, 2.3, 3.2, 4.x
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- ARM INTEGRITY
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- ARM iOS
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- Cell Linux
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- Cell Cell OS
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- HP-PA HP-UX 9.X 10.X 11.X
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- HP-PA Linux
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- HP3000 MPE/iX
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- MicroBlaze uClinux
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- MIPS IRIX 6.2, 6.5
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- MIPS Linux
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- OS/400
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- Pocket PC/Win CE 3.0
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- Power AIX 3.2.5, 4.2, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 5.1, 5.2
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- PowerPC Darwin 1.0
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- PowerPC INTEGRITY
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- PowerPC Linux
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- PowerPC Mac OS 9
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- PowerPC Mac OS X
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- SH4 Linux 2.6.X
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- SH4 OS21
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- SINIX-Z v5
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- Sparc Linux
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- Sparc Solaris 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6, 7, 8, 9, 10
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- Sparc SunOS 4.1.X
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- StrongARM (and other ARM) RISC OS 3.1, 4.02
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- StrongARM/ARM7/ARM9 Linux 2.4, 2.6
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- StrongARM NetBSD 1.4.1
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- Symbian OS (P.I.P.S.) 9.x
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- TPF
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- Ultrix 4.3a
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- UNICOS 9.0
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- i386 BeOS
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- i386 DOS
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- i386 eCos 1.3.1
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- i386 Esix 4.1
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- i386 FreeBSD
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- i386 HURD
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- i386 Haiku OS
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- i386 Linux 1.3, 2.0, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.6
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- i386 Mac OS X
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- i386 MINIX 3.1
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- i386 NetBSD
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- i386 Novell NetWare
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- i386 OS/2
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- i386 OpenBSD
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- i386 QNX 6
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- i386 SCO unix
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- i386 Solaris 2.7
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- i386 Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003
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- i486 ncr-sysv4.3.03 (NCR MP-RAS)
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- ia64 Linux 2.3.99
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- m68k AmigaOS 3
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- m68k Linux
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- m68k uClinux
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- m68k OpenBSD
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- m88k dg-dgux5.4R3.00
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- s390 Linux
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- x86_64 Linux
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- XScale/PXA250 Linux 2.4
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- Nios II uClinux
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