Just noticed this site exists:

https://justuse.org/curl/

Just use cURL

@bagder "It's already on your machine" is a lie based on this fresh install of Debian 13.
@jenzi @bagder sudo apt install curl
@martinlentink @bagder Welcome to debian package management. Also based on that fresh Debian install the user is not in the sudoers file.

@jenzi @martinlentink @bagder That depends on whether you gave root a password in the installer. If you want to use root for admin, supply a password, root will be enabled for logins, and sudo is not needed. If you don’t want to use the root account, leave the password blank, the account is disabled for logins, and sudo is installed and configured for the user account. (The installer does explain this, but I missed it the first few times too)

https://wiki.debian.org/Root

https://etcetera.ie/debian/users.php

Root - Debian Wiki

@aspragg @martinlentink @bagder That assumes I want no root user at all.
@aspragg regardless, doesn't install curl, this is all an exercise in futility because it's well outside the point