problems compiling C with libcurl headerfile

[sandeep080]

hi,
I have installed libcurl3 in my ubuntu. But when i try to run the program using the command

g++ sample.C -l curl

It gives an error saying "curltest.c:2:23: fatal error: curl/curl.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated."

i'd be glad if someone could help me out with this problem!

Thanks in advance

PS:
The code i tried to run is..

#include <stdio.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl;
  CURLcode res;
 
  curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
 
    /* always cleanup */ 
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
  return 0;
}

[_Mike]

It's been a while since I last used ubuntu but I think the devel package for curl is called libcurl-dev

[AndrewHunter]

It gives an error saying "curltest.c:2:23: fatal error: curl/curl.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated."

Are you sure your path is setup correctly? These errors are usually pretty straightforward. Either the files are there or not.

[sandeep080]

Are you sure your path is setup correctly? These errors are usually pretty straightforward. Either the files are there or not.

I'm not sure whether i have setup the path or not.. how do i know?? please help

[AndrewHunter]

Where did you install the curl library to? Ubuntu- How to add a path to your path list in terminal (.bashrc file) « Open Cheese

[sandeep080]

Thanks everyone, i can compile the programs successfully.. i have some starting trouble..
When i compile and run the problem, the program displays the whole html of the page i request to the standard output stream. but i dont find any explicit print statements.. how do i make the program not display it.. the libcurl documentation din help me much.. i want to redirect the html to a file stream.. im familiar with files in C.

[_Mike]

libcurl - curl_easy_setopt() - CURLOPT_WRITEDATA