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What is the method to acquire the most recent version of curl using a shell script when the exact version is unknown?

asked 2022-01-08 11:00:00 +0000

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answered 2021-11-02 09:00:00 +0000

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One possible method to acquire the most recent version of curl using a shell script when the exact version is unknown is:

  1. Use the command curl --version to check the current version of curl installed on the system.
  2. Use the command curl https://curl.haxx.se/download/ | grep -o '/download/curl-[0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9]\.tar\.gz' | sort -r | head -n 1 to retrieve the URL of the most recent version of curl from the official download page.
  3. Use the command curl -LO <URL> to download the tarball file of the most recent version of curl.
  4. Use the command tar -xf curl-*.tar.gz to extract the contents of the tarball file.
  5. Use the command cd curl-* to navigate to the directory of the extracted contents.
  6. Use the command ./configure && make && sudo make install to compile and install the most recent version of curl.
  7. Use the command curl --version again to verify that the installation was successful and the new version is now in use.
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