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Custom cocoa installers and application dependencies.

Answer 1

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What makes you sure that OS X doesn't ship with libcurl?

$ locate libcurl
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/usr/lib/libcurl.2.dylib
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/usr/lib/libcurl.3.dylib
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/usr/lib/libcurl.4.0.0.dylib
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/usr/lib/libcurl.4.dylib
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/usr/lib/libcurl.dylib
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk/usr/lib/libcurl.2.dylib
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk/usr/lib/libcurl.3.dylib
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk/usr/lib/libcurl.4.dylib
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk/usr/lib/libcurl.dylib

Either way, if you need your own, just put it in your bundle.

Azeem.Butt 2009-12-27 04:28:05

Ok, so I guess it does. However the one on my machine isn't built with SFTP support. And what do you mean by 'put it in my bundle'?

nick 2009-12-27 05:06:16

I mean put it in your bundle. http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/CoreFoundation/Conceptual/CFBundles/AboutBundles/AboutBundles.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000123i-CH100-SW1

Azeem.Butt 2009-12-27 06:01:25

Answer 2

+1 A:

Now I'm pretty sure that Mac OS X does not ship with libcurl installed, …

Yes, it does:

curl --version                                                            %~(0)
curl 7.19.4 (universal-apple-darwin10.0) libcurl/7.19.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8k zlib/1.2.3

… and even if it did it most likely wasn't built with libssh, which I would also need.

Correct: It doesn't.

Protocols: tftp ftp telnet dict ldap http file https ftps 
Features: GSS-Negotiate IPv6 Largefile NTLM SSL libz

You may find it simpler to build your libcurl as a static library, and link against that, than to build a shared library and copy it into your app's Frameworks subdirectory.

Peter Hosey 2009-12-27 07:48:38

Sounds like this is what I need to do. Are there drawbacks to using a static library vs a dynamic one? Also I'm also not sure how to build or use static libraries but wouldn't a static lib file also have to live in my application's bundle?

nick 2009-12-27 21:53:06

No to the last question; the link editor will integrate the contents of the static library into your executable.

Peter Hosey 2009-12-27 22:29:28

Answer 3

+1 A:

You can use install_name_tool to change the search path of dynamically linked libraries.

Using @executable_path you can use paths relative to your applications executable file and then place the libraries either in your frameworks folder ("@executable_path/../Frameworks/libcurl.dylib") or inside the executable directory (e.g. "@executable_path/lib/libcurl.dylib").

This way you can build your own dynamically linked libraries and ship them inside your application bundle.

Adrian 2009-12-27 16:14:29

I've been doing some research the past couple days with building static/dynamic libraries and using the install_name_tool. All new concepts for me, but I finally got it working. I like this solution over Peter's because this will allow me to individually publish updates to my application and/or just the dylib file in my bundle. Thanks for the help!

nick 2009-12-30 06:22:14

Answer 4

A:

Maybe you want to have a look at ConnectionKit before using libcurl.

Norman 2009-12-27 16:31:52

I found ConnectionKit's FTP support to be solid, however the SFTP support was very buggy. I'm comfortable writing C, and libcurl is quite impressive thus far.

nick 2009-12-27 21:19:54

To add to my previous comment, ConnectionKit is also significantly slower than libcurl.

nick 2009-12-27 21:26:41

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