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But which error? Did the same as you described, right clicked on the "bit Download" button, copy link, wget "https But yeah, as Panki asked: what's the error message? First guess: wget without -O or curl with -O produces a file name too long for your local file system to handle? There is an extension for Firefox, "download with wget" or something.

You can download with Firefox, abort and get the link with everything needed. For example a cookie for the session. If we use curl -L -O www. You can see that there are two rows in our download table that didn't download any data. These are the URLs that were redirected. We can review this redirect chain with:. Don't have a Linux machine? If you'd like the file to have a different file name perhaps readme is too bossy for you , specify it after -O : curl -o dontreadme. Click the version number to start the download.

If your Windows 10 build is , or later, cUrl is included by default. All you need to do is run Command Prompt with administrative rights and you can use cUrl. The Curl. To add a directory to your path type "environment variables" in the start menu, and select "edit user environment variables". If you want to use SSL you need a certificate bundle. Run either mk-ca-bundle.

Some of the packages of binaries include one or both of them. I recommend mk-ca-bundle. It will produce a file called ca-bundle. Rename it curl-ca-bundle. 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. Install Chocolatey package manager for Windows. Once installed, simply enter choco install curl. Then you can use curl from a terminal. 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.

The file is packaged using 7zip. If you look in the bin folder you'll see curl. 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?

Environment Variables, System variables, look at the list and select Path, then Edit, then New, then, e. 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.

Don't forget your double-quotes. You can build the latest version of curl, openssl, libssh2 and zlib in 3 simple steps by following this tutorial. You can also download a prebuilt version x86 and x64 from SourceForge. I had a lot of issues with curl for Windows. I finally used Cygwin , which includes curl by default. I was looking for the download process of Curl and every where they said copy curl. Just download and run an installer from the table below, and click Install.

The default installation includes:. To include developers' files in your installation, click Advanced. The developers' files include libcurl. 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.

If you do not want to use the installer, but still want the contents listed above, you can download one of the zip archives. Just download curl and extract the compressed file. You will get the file "curl. Open a CMD Shell, drag the file curl. Follow download wizard. Remember to reboot your system after installing. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.

Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. Ask Question. Asked 9 years, 9 months ago. Active 7 months ago. Viewed 1. I am having trouble getting cURL to run on Windows.

Do I need to compile cURL to run it?