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w3m is a text based web browser and pager.
We configure w3m to use the "monster" model, which includes color, menu, mouse, cookie, and SSL support. Other models include:
baby - bare minimum
little - color and menu support
mouse - color, menu, and mouse support
cookie - color, menu, mouse, and cookie support
Install w3m by running the following commands:
./configure -yes -lang=en -model=monster -prefix=/usr && make && make install |
w3m expects the GPM library to be located at /usr/lib/libgpm.so.1. To make w3m happy, we will create a symbolic link to the GPM library. You only need to do this if you compiled w3m with mouse support. To create this symbolic link, run the following command:
ln -sf /usr/lib/libgpm.so.?.* /usr/lib/libgpm.so.1 |
Depending on what version of GPM you are using, and whether or not any patches were applied to GPM, you might receive the following warning when starting w3m:
*** debug ***: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c(202)]: |
Currently, the only known solution to this problem is to disable mouse support via the -no-mouse parameter. The origin of this problem is currently unknown.
./configure -yes : Set all parameters to their default values.
-lang=en : Set the default language to English.
-model=monster : This sets the build model to monster. Alternative build models are discussed above.
The w3m package contains w3m and w3mman.
w3m is a text based web browser and pager.
w3mman is an interface to the on-line reference manuals in w3m.