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Re: curl 7.16.4 installation problem

From: Guenter Knauf <eflash_at_gmx.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:28:37 +0200

Hi,

> I downloaded a copy of CURL 7.16.4 BINARY for Win32
> 2000/XP (With SSL) zip file from this link

> http://curl.haxx.se/download.html

> Name of file: curl-7.16.4-win32-ssl-sspi.zip

> I Extracted the files from the zip file into a
> directory C:\CURL. When I tried to run curl.exe from
> the command prompt I got the following

> curl.exe unable to location component
> This application has failed to start because
> libssl32.dll was not found. Reinstalling the
> application may fix the problem.

> Does this version with SS has a bug or does anyone
> know hoe to fix?
like Jeff said you need the right SSL libs somwhwere in search path, or also in same direcory where you've out the curl files in. This because the binary is linked for the dynamic (DLL) SSL libs.
Alternately you can use my statically linked curl which is one file without external dependencies:
http://www.gknw.net/mirror/curl/curl-7.16.4-ssl-sspi-zlib-bin-w32.zip

Guen.
Received on 2007-07-24