Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 6.1

Chapter 17. Text Web Browsers

Lynx-2.8.5

Introduction to Lynx

Lynx is a text based web browser.

Package Information

Lynx Dependencies

Optional

OpenSSL-0.9.7g or GnuTLS (which needs libgpg-error then libgcrypt), MTA, Zip-2.31, UnZip-5.52, slang-1.4.9, ncompress and sharutils

Installation of Lynx

Install Lynx by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/etc \
    --with-zlib --with-bzlib &&
make

Now, as the root user: 

make install &&
make docdir=/usr/share/doc/lynx-2.8.5/lynx_doc \
    helpdir=/usr/share/doc/lynx-2.8.5/lynx_help install-doc &&
make docdir=/usr/share/doc/lynx-2.8.5/lynx_doc \
    helpdir=/usr/share/doc/lynx-2.8.5/lynx_help install-help &&
chgrp -v -R root /usr/share/doc/lynx-2.8.5/lynx_doc

Command Explanations

--libdir=/etc: For some reason, the configure and make routine for Lynx uses libdir as the prefix for the configuration file. This is set to /etc so that the system wide configuration file is /etc/lynx.cfg.

--with-zlib: This enables support for linking libz into Lynx.

--with-bzlib: This enables support for linking libbz2 into Lynx.

docdir=... helpdir=...: These variables are set to avoid getting the help and documentation files installed under /etc.

--with-ssl: This enables support for linking SSL into Lynx.

--with-gnutls: This enables support for linking GnuTLS into Lynx.

chgrp -v -R root /usr/share/doc/lynx-2.8.5/lynx_doc: This command corrects the improper group ownership of installed documentation files caused if Lynx is built by any user other than root.

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

Installed Program: lynx
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directory: /usr/share/doc/lynx

Short Descriptions

lynx

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

Last updated on 2005-08-01 13:29:19 -0600