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How to Install and Use curl on

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1 year ago • by Rafia Zafar

curl is a command-line utility used on Windows, Linux, and Mac

OS to transfer and receive data via various protocols, including
HTTPS, SMP, FTP, SFTP, alt-svc, CA Extract, HSTS, SSL Certs,
and SSL libs compared, and many more. All transfer-related
functionality in curl is powered by libcurl, which is a client-side
URL transfer library.

The instructions required for the installation of curl on Windows

will be illustrated in this blog.

curl Installation on Windows

Follows the below-listed procedure to install curl on Windows.

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Step 1: Download curl Installer File

First, download the curl installer file for curl installation by visiting
the below-provided link:

https://curl.se/download.html

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Press “CTRL+F” to view the search menu and type out

“Windows” as shown in the highlighted bar. Then, download the
curl installer file according to your system specifications. For
instance, we have selected the “Windows 64 bit” binary setup
file:

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Within a few minutes, the “curl-7.84.0_4-win64-mingw.zip”

setup file will be downloaded and saved in the “Downloads”
folder:

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Step 2: Create a “Curl” Folder

In the next step, create a new folder named “Curl” in the C drive:

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Step 3: Paste Setup Folder Into “Curl” Folder

Go to the “Downloads” directory where the curl zipped folder is

saved:

Before copying the curl setup folder, extract it first using right-
click menu:

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Select the extracted folder and press “CTRL+C” to copy it:

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Then, move to the newly created “Curl” folder in the C drive, open
it, and press “CTRL+V” to paste the copied setup folder:

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Step 4: Find and Copy curl Setup Path

Open the curl setup folder and go to the “bin” folder to find the
curl.exe file:

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After finding the required curl.exe file, right-click on the folder

path for copying it:

Step 5: Set Path in Environment Variables

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After copying the curl setup file path, go to the “Startup” menu,
search for “Environment Variables”, and open it from displayed
results:

Upon doing so, the “System Properties” window will appear.

Click on the “Environment Variables” button:
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Select the “Path” from the “System variables” section and click
on the “Edit” button:

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After that, click on the “New” button and paste the copied curl
setup file path as shown in below highlighted output. Then, click
on the “OK” button:

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At this point, we have successfully installed and configured curl

on our Windows system. Let’s verify curl installation by checking
its version.

Step 6: Verify curl Installation

First, open up the command prompt using the “Startup” menu:

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Type the below-provided command in the opened window to

verify curl’s version:

> curl --version

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As you can see, we have successfully installed curl version

“7.78.0” on Windows.

curl Usage on Windows

On Windows, to use curl, check out the below-listed examples.

Example 1: Get URL Homepage

You can use the curl command along with the URL to get and
print the Homepage of any website. For instance, the following
curl command will get Google homepage:

> curl www.google.com

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Example 2: Get Header Information

To get the header information of any website, use the curl

command with the “-i” option and provide the URL:

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> curl -i www.google.com

The given output displayed the header information of the Google

website:

Example 3: Download Setup File

Want to download a setup file? Utilize the curl command and

specify the URL of the required file:

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> curl -O https://freefilesync.org/download.php

Example 4: Get Help

When a curl command is executed with the “–help” option, it

prints out its manual on the command prompt:

> curl --help

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We have demonstrated the methods to install and use curl on

Windows.

Conclusion

To install the curl command-line utility on Windows, first,

download the installer setup file. After that, make a new directory
curl in the “C” drive and paste the setup into the newly created
curl folder. Then, find and copy the setup path and set it in the
Environment variables as discussed earlier. This blog has
effectively elaborated the method to install and use curl on
Windows.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rafia Zafar
I am graduated in computer science. I am a junior
technical author here and passionate about
Programming and learning new technologies. I have
worked in JAVA, HTML 5, CSS3, Bootstrap, and PHP.

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