How To Install curl on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install curl on Ubuntu.
What is curl
curl is:
curl is a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET and TFTP.
curl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication (Basic, Digest, NTLM, Negotiate, kerberos…), file transfer resume, proxy tunneling and a busload of other useful tricks.
There are three methods to install curl on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install curl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install curl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install curl
Install curl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install curl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install curl
Install curl Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install curl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install curl
How To Uninstall curl on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the curl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove curl
Uninstall curl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall curl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove curl
Remove curl Configurations and Data
To remove curl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge curl
Remove curl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove curl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge curl
Dependencies
curl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install curl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.