source: basicnet/textweb/lynx.xml@ 658b9721

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY lynx-download-http "http://lynx.isc.org/release/lynx&lynx-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY lynx-download-ftp  "ftp://lynx.isc.org/lynx&lynx-version;/lynx&lynx-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY lynx-size          "2.1 MB">
  <!ENTITY lynx-buildsize     "21 MB">
  <!ENTITY lynx-time          "0.45 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="lynx" xreflabel="Lynx-&lynx-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="lynx.html"?>
<title>Lynx-&lynx-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Lynx</application></title>

<para><application>Lynx</application> is a text based web browser.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&lynx-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&lynx-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &lynx-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&lynx-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&lynx-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>Lynx</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="openssl"/> or
<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/">GnuTLS</ulink> (which
needs <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/alpha/libgpg-error/">libgpg-error</ulink>,
<ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/">libgcrypt</ulink> and
<ulink
url="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/alpha/gnutls/opencdk/">opencdk</ulink>,
in that order), <ulink url="../server/mail.html">MTA</ulink>, 
<xref linkend="zip"/>, <xref linkend="unzip"/>, <ulink
url="http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/utils/compress/ncompress-4.2.4.tar.Z">ncompress</ulink>
and <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/">sharutils</ulink>
</para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Lynx</application></title>

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

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/etc \
    --with-zlib --with-bzlib &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install &amp;&amp;
make docdir=/usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;/lynx_doc \
    helpdir=/usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;/lynx_help install-doc &amp;&amp;
make docdir=/usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;/lynx_doc \
    helpdir=/usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;/lynx_help install-help &amp;&amp;
chgrp -R root /usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;/lynx_doc</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><parameter>--libdir=/etc</parameter>: For some reason, the
<command>configure</command> and <command>make</command> routine for 
<application>Lynx</application> uses libdir as the prefix for the
configuration file. This is set to <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> 
so that the system wide configuration file is 
<filename>/etc/lynx.cfg</filename>.</para>

<para><option>--with-zlib</option>: This enables support for
linking <application>libz</application> into 
<application>Lynx</application>.</para>

<para><option>--with-bzlib</option>: This enables support for
linking <application>libbz2</application> into 
<application>Lynx</application>.</para>

<para><parameter>docdir=... helpdir=...</parameter>: These
variables are set to avoid getting the help and documentation files installed
under <filename class="directory">/etc</filename>.</para>

<para><option>--with-ssl</option>: This enables support for
linking <acronym>SSL</acronym> into <application>Lynx</application>.</para>

<para><option>--with-gnutls</option>: This enables support for
linking <application>Gnu<acronym>TLS</acronym></application> into 
<application>Lynx</application>.</para>

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

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>Lynx</application></title>

<sect3><title>Config files</title>
<para><filename>/etc/lynx.cfg</filename></para>
</sect3>

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

<para>Various settings such as proxies can be set in the system-wide
<filename>lynx.cfg</filename> file found in 
<filename class="directory">/etc</filename>.</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>Lynx</application> package contains 
<command>lynx</command>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>lynx</title>
<para><command>lynx</command> is a general purpose, text-based, distributed 
information browser for the World Wide Web.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>