Compile libcurl on Windows with Visual Studio 2017 and SSL (WinSSL)

Why

• Integrate libcurl to your applications.

Requirements

• Visual Studio 2017
• Git

Compilation steps

• Open Command Prompt.
• Download curl source code from github

git clone https://github.com/curl/curl.git

• Change directory to curl folder

cd curl

• Checkout stable version

git checkout tags/curl-7_55_1

• Prepare curl for compilation

buildconf.bat

• Prepare Visual Studio 2017 environment variables

“c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\vc\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat” x64

• Change directory to winbuild folder

cd winbuild

• Compile (read BUILD.WINDOWS for all options)

nmake /f Makefile.vc mode=dll MACHINE=x64

• Verify curl supports SSL and protocols with SSL

C:\Users\Max\dev\curl\winbuild>..\builds\libcurl-vc-x64-release-dll-ipv6-s
spi-winssl\bin\curl.exe — version
curl 7.55.1-DEV (x86_64-pc-win32) libcurl/7.55.1-DEV WinSSL WinIDN
Release-Date: [unreleased]
Protocols: dict file ftp ftps gopher http https imap imaps ldap pop3 pop3s rtsp
smb smbs smtp smtps telnet tftp
Features: AsynchDNS IDN IPv6 Largefile SSPI Kerberos SPNEGO NTLM SSL

Now you can integrate libcurl with SSL to your applications