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curl / curl-for-win

Reproducible curl binaries for Linux, macOS and Windows
https://curl.se/windows/
MIT License
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Installation instructions? #72

Closed VashJuan closed 5 months ago

VashJuan commented 5 months ago

Windows forks are most likely to install via a package manager or setup executable.

Many Windows users will be unsure where to put curl.exe from the zip file: app/roaming/or Windows/system 32, etc...

It would be nice to have instructions or a pointer to same in the readme or downloads page.

Thx!

vszakats commented 5 months ago

I think the point is that there is no installation. Where to unpack is up the everyone's use case, preference, or permissions. Another optional step is adding that location to PATH.

For those uncertain doing these manually, it's probably easiest to rely on winget, scoop or Chocolatey, which make these steps automatic and use their own locations to make it work as a one-step process. These package managers all use curl-for-win binaries under the hood.

That said, I'd be happy linking to a document (a curl wiki page?) that's community maintained.

VashJuan commented 5 months ago

I know a bit more after researching further!

I think it would help to add a sentence stating that "Windows users should generally wait for Microsoft to update curl via standard Windows Updates". The Curl executable is a trusted system file and not easy to replace or update.

More info at: https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2023/04/24/deleting-system32curl-exe/

vszakats commented 5 months ago

Yes, overwriting the base OS, including its bundled curl.exe with any other curl is strongly not recommended. Unzipping the archives distributed here will never overwrite those.

The Windows bundled curl is mentioned on the binary download page: https://curl.se/windows.