lynx-2.8.4

Introduction to lynx

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

Installation of lynx

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

Command explanations

--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.

Configuring lynx

Config files

/etc/lynx.cfg

Configuration Information

Various settings such as proxies can be set in the system-wide lynx.cfg file found in /etc.

Contents

The lynx package contains lynx.

Description

lynx

lynx is a general purpose, text-based, distributed information browser for the World Wide Web.