The cURL Linux command can use various network protocols to download and upload data on a Linux system. It’s a tool that proves handy for downloading files, in which it functions similarly to wget, as well as debugging, performing downloads with authentication, uploading via FTP, and more.

In this guide, we’ll show you how to install the cURL utility on Ubuntu Linux. After it’s installed, you can use it to download files on the command line or perform a slew of other functions.

 

You can install curl via the apt package manager on Ubuntu and executing the two following commands.

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt -y install curl

That’s all there is to it. To get started using curl, you should check out our guide on downloading files with curl, where you’ll learn a lot about the utility and can follow along with examples.

You can always check out its man page to read curl's official documentation.

$ man curl

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