%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ 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. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &links-md5sum; Download size: &links-size; Estimated disk space required: &links-buildsize; Estimated build time: &links-time; Additional Downloads Recommended patch: Do I Need the Patch and Do I Have to Enable Graphics Support? In text mode, Links cannot be configured to use UTF-8 encoding for the terminal input/output. This limitation renders Links useless as a text-based browser in UTF-8 locales. See general discussion of this type of issue in the section on the page. The patch fixes all these issues with an exception of Chinese locale, when there isn't an available character set. Note: You have to check the "UTF-8 I/O" box in "Terminal options" and set the character set (probably an 8-bit) in the Setup menu. In graphical mode, Links displays text correctly even in UTF-8 locales, if all characters exist in the built-in font used by Links. Form submission in UTF-8 locales is handled correctly when running in X11-based (but not framebuffer-based) graphical mode. Links Dependencies Optional , , , , , , SVGAlib, DirectFB, and User Notes: If desired, apply the patch: bzcat ../links-&Links-version;-utf8.diff.bz2 | patch -p1 && cd intl && ./gen-intl && ./synclang && cd .. Install Links by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && 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-&Links-version; && install -v -m644 doc/links_cal/* KEYS BRAILLE_HOWTO \ /usr/share/doc/links-&Links-version; ./gen-intl && ./synclang: These commands regenerate the language table. --enable-graphics: This switch enables support for graphics mode. You will either need to install the X Window System or enable frame buffer support in your kernel and install . ~/.links/* ~/.links/* 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. For the correct display of non-ASCII characters, Links has to be configured through the menu (accessible by pressing the ESC key), as follows: If running Links in the text mode, go to the Setup > Character set menu item and select the character set that matches your locale. Optionally, go to the Setup > Language menu and select the user interface language. Finally, select the Setup > Save options menu item. Installed Program Installed Libraries Installed Directories links None /usr/share/doc/links-&Links-version; Short Descriptions links is a text and graphics mode WWW browser. links