Download location (HTTP): http://lynx.isc.org/release/lynx2.8.4.tar.bz2 Download location (FTP): Version used: 2.8.4 Package size: 1.9 MB Estimated Disk space required: 16 MB |
Lynx is a text based web browser.
lynx depends on: openssl-0.9.7a |
Install lynx by running the following commands.
./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/etc --with-ssl --with-zlib && make && make install && make DOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/lynx-2.8.4/lynx_doc \ HELPDIR=/usr/share/doc/lynx-2.8.4/lynx_help install-doc && make DOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/lynx-2.8.4/lynx_doc \ HELPDIR=/usr/share/doc/lynx-2.8.4/lynx_help install-help && sed s/"t\/etc"/"t\/usr\/share\/doc\/lynx\-2\.8\.4"/ \ /etc/lynx.cfg > /etc/lynx.bak && mv /etc/lynx.bak /etc/lynx.cfg |
--libdir=/etc : For some reason, the configure and make routine for lynx uses libdir as the prefix for the configuration file. We set this to /etc so that the system wide configuration file is /etc/lynx.cfg.
--with-ssl : This enables support for linking SSL into lynx.
--with-zlib : This enables support for linking zlib into lynx.
DOCDIR=... HELPDIR=... : We set these variables to avoid getting the help and documentation files installed under /etc.
sed... mv /etc/lynx.bak /etc/lynx.cfg : This sed command changes the /etc/lynx.cfg file so it looks for the help files in the correct place.
/etc/lynx.cfg
Various settings such as proxies can be set in the system-wide lynx.cfg file found in /etc.
The lynx package contains lynx.
lynx is a general purpose, text-based, distributed information browser for the World Wide Web.