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How to install libcurl on Windows without LDAP?
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To install libcurl on Windows without LDAP support, you can follow these steps:
Download the libcurl package:
- Go to the libcurl website at https://curl.se/download.html.
- Scroll down to the "Win32 - Generic" section or "Win64 - Generic" section, depending on your system architecture, and click on the link to download the latest libcurl package (e.g.,
curl-7.XX.X-winXX.zip
).
Extract the downloaded package:
- Locate the downloaded ZIP file and extract its contents to a desired location on your computer.
Set up the libcurl library:
- Inside the extracted folder, you should find a folder named
bin
. Copy the DLL file (libcurl.dll
) from this folder. - Decide where you want to store the libcurl library. For simplicity, let's assume you choose
C:\libcurl
. - Create a new folder named
lib
insideC:\libcurl
and paste the copiedlibcurl.dll
file into this folder. - Create another folder named
include
insideC:\libcurl
. - Navigate to the extracted folder and locate the
include
folder. Copy all the header files (files with the.h
extension) from theinclude
folder and paste them intoC:\libcurl\include
.
- Inside the extracted folder, you should find a folder named
Set up the libcurl dependencies:
- Open the extracted folder and locate the
bin
folder again. Inside thebin
folder, you'll find several DLL files that libcurl depends on. - Copy all the DLL files from the
bin
folder and paste them into a folder of your choice (e.g.,C:\libcurl\bin
).
- Open the extracted folder and locate the
Set environment variables (optional):
- If you want to use libcurl globally on your system without specifying the library path each time, you can set up the necessary environment variables.
- Right-click on the "This PC" or "My Computer" icon and select "Properties."
- In the System Properties window, click on "Advanced system settings" on the left.
- In the System Properties dialog, click on the "Environment Variables" button.
- Under the "System variables" section, click on "New" to add a new variable.
- Set the variable name as
CURL_HOME
and the variable value asC:\libcurl
(or the path you chose earlier). - Find the
Path
variable in the "System variables" section and click on "Edit." - Add
%CURL_HOME%\bin
to the list of paths, separated by a semicolon (;). - Click "OK" to save the changes.
Verify the installation:
- Open a command prompt or PowerShell window and type
curl --version
. It should display the libcurl version and other details if the installation was successful.
- Open a command prompt or PowerShell window and type
That's it! You have now installed libcurl on Windows without LDAP support. You can use it in your applications by including the appropriate headers and linking against the libcurl library during compilation.