source: basicnet/textweb/links.xml@ 371ff30

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY links-download-http "http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~clock/twibright/links/download/links-&Links-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY links-download-ftp  "ftp://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/pub/local/clock/links/links-&Links-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY links-md5sum        "94315d9ba68bbb543d93b3b3b4f07582">
  <!ENTITY links-size          "3.7 MB">
  <!ENTITY links-buildsize     "24.0 MB">
  <!ENTITY links-time          "0.21 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="Links" xreflabel="Links-&Links-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="links.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
    <keywordset>
      <keyword role="package">links-&Links-version;.tar</keyword>
      <keyword role="ftpdir">links</keyword>
    </keywordset>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Links-&Links-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="Links">
    <primary sortas="a-Links">Links</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Links</title>

    <para><application>Links</application> 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.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&links-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&links-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &links-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &links-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &links-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &links-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Links Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gpm"/>,
    <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
    <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
    <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
    <xref linkend="libtiff"/>,
    <xref linkend="sdl"/>,
    <ulink url="http://www.svgalib.org/">SVGAlib</ulink>,
    <ulink url="http://www.directfb.org/">DirectFB</ulink> and
    X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/>, <xref linkend="xorg"/>,
    or <xref linkend="xorg7"/>)</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Links</title>

    <para>Install <application>Links</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role='root'><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><option>--enable-graphics</option>: Add this switch if you want to
    use <application>Links</application> in graphics mode. You will either
    need to install the <application>X</application> Window System or enable
    frame buffer support in your kernel and install <xref linkend="gpm"/>.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring Links</title>

    <sect3 id="links-config">
      <title>Config Files</title>

      <para><filename>~/.links/*</filename></para>

      <indexterm zone="Links links-config">
        <primary sortas="e-AA.links/*">~/.links/*</primary>
      </indexterm>

    </sect3>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para><application>Links</application> stores its configuration in per-user
      files in the <filename class="directory">~/.links</filename> directory. These
      files are created automatically when <command>links</command> is run for the
      first time.</para>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>links</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="links">
        <term><command>links</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a text and graphics mode WWW browser.</para>
          <indexterm zone="Links links">
            <primary sortas="b-links">links</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>