curl: (2) Failed Initialization
curl, linux
Solution
At a wild guess, you've linked the `/usr/local/bin/curl` binary to the system curl library.
To verify that this is the case, you should do:
ldd /usr/local/bin/curl
If it indicates a line like:
libcurl.so.4 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.4 (0x00007fea7e889000)
It means that the curl binary is picking up the system curl library. While it was linked at compile time to the correct library, at run-time it's picking up the incorrect library, which seems to be a pretty typical reason for this error happening.
If you run the configure with `--disable-shared`, then it will produce a `.a`, which, when linked to the curl binary will not depend on the system `libcurl.so`, but will instead have it's own private code.
If you're cross-compiling, then you'll also need to cross-compile all the dependent libraries, and that is another question.
Problem
I have installed libcurl 7.33.0 on Linux. I used the following commands to install: ``` ./configure make make install ``` If I run `curl http://www.google.com` I get following error: curl: (2) Failed initialization curl is installed at /usr/local/bin and header files at /usr/local/include/curl. curl-config: ``` sandesh@ubuntu:~$ curl-config --features IPv6 libz sandesh@ubuntu:~$ curl-config --protocols DICT FILE FTP GOPHER HTTP IMAP POP3 RTSP SMTP TELNET TFTP sandesh@ubuntu:~$ curl-config --ca /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt sandesh@ubuntu:~$ curl-config --cflags -I/usr/local/include sandesh@ubuntu:~$ curl-config --configure sandesh@ubuntu:~$ curl-config --libs -L/usr/local/lib -lcurl sandesh@ubuntu:~$ curl-config --static-libs /usr/local/lib/libcurl.a -lz -lrt ``` I believe it is something to do with my configuration.