This section talks about installing cURL and Swift's client CLI command-line tools. In this section, we describe how to install these tools on a 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server Linux operating system. Refer to the other Linux distribution command sets to install the clients on those operating systems.
The following commands are used to install cURL and the Swift client CLI:
cURL: This is a command-line tool that can be used to transfer data using various protocols. The following command is used to install cURL:
# apt-get install curlSwift client CLI: This is a tool used to access and perform operations on a Swift cluster. It is installed using the following command:
# apt-get install python-swiftclientSpecialized REST API client: To access Swift services via the REST API, we can use third-party tools, such as Fiddler web debugger, that support REST's architecture.