diff --git a/curl/Makefile b/curl/Makefile
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index 0000000..fd75946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/curl/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+
+OBJ     = download.o
+LDADD   = -lcurl
+
+download: $(OBJ)
+	${CC} ${OBJ} -o download ${LDADD}
+
+
+.c.o:
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -c $<
+
+clean:
+	rm -f test *.o
+
diff --git a/curl/build.gradle b/curl/build.gradle
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index 08165db..0000000
--- a/curl/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-apply plugin: 'c'
-apply plugin: 'visual-studio'
-
-sources {
-    download {
-        c {
-            exportedHeaders {
-                srcDir "packages/curl.7.30.0.2/build/native/include"
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-executables {
-    download {
-        binaries.all {
-            if (toolChain in VisualCpp) {
-                cCompiler.args "/MD"
-                linker.args "/SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE", "/LIBPATH:../build/lib/", "libcurl.lib"
-            } else if (toolChain in Gcc) {
-                linker.args "-lcurl"
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-
diff --git a/curl/compile-source-code.sh b/curl/compile-source-code.sh
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index ce18a08..0000000
--- a/curl/compile-source-code.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-gcc -lcurl download.c -o download 
diff --git a/curl/download.c b/curl/download.c
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+++ b/curl/download.c
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+/********* Sample code generated by the curl command line tool **********
+ * All curl_easy_setopt() options are documented at:
+ * http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_setopt.html
+ ************************************************************************/
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  CURLcode ret;
+  CURL *hnd;
+
+  hnd = curl_easy_init();
+  curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "https://www.ysoft.com");
+  curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "curl/7.26.0");
+  curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 50L);
+  curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE, 1L);
+
+  /* Here is a list of options the curl code used that cannot get generated
+     as source easily. You may select to either not use them or implement
+     them yourself.
+
+  CURLOPT_WRITEDATA set to a objectpointer
+  CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION set to a functionpointer
+  CURLOPT_READDATA set to a objectpointer
+  CURLOPT_READFUNCTION set to a functionpointer
+  CURLOPT_SEEKDATA set to a objectpointer
+  CURLOPT_SEEKFUNCTION set to a functionpointer
+  CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER set to a objectpointer
+  CURLOPT_STDERR set to a objectpointer
+
+  */
+
+  ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);
+
+  curl_easy_cleanup(hnd);
+  hnd = NULL;
+
+  return (int)ret;
+}
+/**** End of sample code ****/