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Newer curl versions for trusty

Asked by Emil.hemdal

A newer curl version for trusty would be useful since it provides many new features.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

You might create a bug report, stating the advantages of the new version.
If the benefits are big enough to justify a SRU https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates or a backport https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports it might be done.

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

Please try this procedure to install the newest version of curl and libcurl from github:

https://mark911.wordpress.com/2015/09/27/how-to-compile-and-install-newest-version-of-curl-from-github-in-ubuntu-14-04-lts-64-bit/

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

@Emil: does my procedure fully answer your question? If yes, please set the thread status to "solved.

Thanks.

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Emil.hemdal (emil-hemdal-em) said : 		#4

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.