Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.6

Chapter 18. Text Web Browsers

Links-2.8

Introduction to Links

Links is a text and graphics mode WWW browser. It includes support for rendering tables and frames, features background downloads, can display colors and has many other features.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.6 platform.

Package Information

Links Dependencies

Recommended

GPM-1.20.7 (if mouse support is desired) and OpenSSL-1.0.1i

Optional

Support for graphical mode requires at least one of GPM-1.20.7 (to be used with a framebuffer-based console), SVGAlib, DirectFB, and X Window System

For decoding various image formats Links can utilize libpng-1.6.13, libjpeg-turbo-1.3.1, and LibTIFF-4.0.3

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/LinksBrowser

Installation of Links

Install Links by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install &&
install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/links-2.8 &&
install -v -m644 doc/links_cal/* KEYS BRAILLE_HOWTO \
    /usr/share/doc/links-2.8

Command Explanations

--enable-graphics: This switch enables support for graphics mode.

Configuring Links

Config Files

~/.links/*

Configuration Information

Links stores its configuration in per-user files in the ~/.links directory. These files are created automatically when links is run for the first time.

Contents

Installed Program: links
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/share/doc/links-2.8

Short Descriptions

links

is a text and graphics mode WWW browser.

Last updated on 2014-09-09 14:11:38 -0700