How do I install and use curl on Windows

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I am having trouble getting curl to run on Windows   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   I have looked for documentation on installing curl  but there is little to be found

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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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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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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  curl directory  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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Statically built WITH ssl for windows    http   sourceforge net projects curlforwindows files  source navbar  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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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    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 Szak  ts  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  Tools curl-7 53 1-win64-mingw bin   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 had a lot of issues with curl for Windows  I finally used Cygwin  which includes curl by default

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You might already have curl It is possible that you won t need to download anything   If you are on Windows 10  version 1803 or later  your OS ships with a copy of curl  already set up and ready to use   If you have Git for Windows installed  if you downloaded Git from git-scm com  the answer is yes   you have curl exe under   C  Program Files Git mingw64 bin   Simply add the above path to PATH    Installing curl with a package manager If you are already using a package manager  it may be more convenient to install with one   For Chocolatey  run choco install curl For MSYS2  run pacman -S curl For Scoop  run scoop install curl For Cygwin  add the curl package in Cygwin Setup  EDIT by a reader  Cygwin installer design has changed  please choose curl packages as follows    Installing curl manually Downloading curl It is too easy to accidentally download the wrong thing  If  on the curl homepage  you click the large and prominent  quot Download quot  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   If you want to give curl its own folder  C  Program Files curl  or C  curl  will do  If you have many loose executables  and you do not want to add many individual folders to PATH  use a single folder such as C  Program Files tools  or C  tools  for the purpose   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   Click the Windows 10 start menu  Start typing  quot environment quot   You ll see the search result Edit the system environment variables  Choose it  A System Properties window will popup  Click the Environment Variables button at the bottom  Select the  quot Path quot  variable under  quot System variables quot   the lower box   Click the Edit button  Click the Add button and paste in the folder path where curl exe lives  Click OK as needed  Close open console windows and reopen  so they get the new PATH   Now enjoy typing curl at any command prompt  Party time

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This installer made it easy for me http   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    curl exe an SSL certificate bundle  ca-cert-bundle crt  SSL certificate bundle generation scripts  mk-ca-bundle pl  amp  mk-ca-bundle vbs  HTML manuals for cURL and libcurl text documentation formatted for Windows  so you can simply double click the files to read them with Notepad  Start Menu folder with shortcuts to the cURL installation folder  manuals  documentation  and uninstaller cURL added to your path  so you can use it with batch or PowerShell scripts and call it from the command prompt in any working directory   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  Users Name AppData Local Apps   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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Download curl zip Extract the contents  if you have downloaded the correct version you should find curl exe  Place curl exe in a folder where you keep your software  e g  D  software curl curl exe  To run curl from the command line   a  Right-hand-click on  My Computer  icon  b  Select Properties  c  Click  Advanced system settings  link  d  Go to tab  Advanced  -  Environment Variables  button  e  Under System variable select  Path  and Edit button  f  Add a semicolon followed by the path to where you placed your curl exe  e g   D  software curl    Now you can run from the command line by typing    curl www google com

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Download cURL  Win64 ia64 zip binary with SSL  Extract curl exe into  C  Windows System32  Done   Even more easier   Download the Win64 2000 XP x86 64 MSI installer provided by Edward LoPinto    At the time of writing file curl-7 46 0-win64 exe was the most recent  Tested with Windows 10

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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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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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Install Chocolatey package manager for Windows  Once  installed  simply enter choco install curl  Then you can use curl from a terminal

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Download curl for windows from the path   https   curl haxx se windows  Unzip and you will find the    bin curl exe Add     bin  to your path variable for easy global access

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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   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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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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Starting with Windows 10 version 1803  and earlier  with insider build 17063   you don t install curl anymore  Windows includes a native curl exe  and tar exe  in C  Windows System32   which you can access right from your regular CMD     C  Users vonc gt C  Windows System32 curl exe --version curl 7 55 1  Windows  libcurl 7 55 1 WinSSL Release-Date   unreleased  Protocols  dict file ftp ftps http https imap imaps pop3 pop3s smtp smtps telnet tftp Features  AsynchDNS IPv6 Largefile SSPI Kerberos SPNEGO NTLM SSL  C  Users vonc gt C  Windows System32 tar exe --version bsdtar 3 3 2 - libarchive 3 3 2 zlib 1 2 5 f-ipp   See the initial announcement and the release announcement

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You can build the latest version of curl  openssl  libssh2 and zlib in 3 simple steps 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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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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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   link to download curl generic

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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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