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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[773c358] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[ac1de6f] | 7 | <!ENTITY lynx-download-http "https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/lynx/tarballs/lynx&lynx-version;.tar.bz2">
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[783108e] | 8 | <!ENTITY lynx-download-ftp " ">
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[3bcdc06] | 9 | <!ENTITY lynx-md5sum "4c35ce8c73cf539d020c5c17f91ff1e1">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY lynx-size "2.7 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY lynx-buildsize "25 MB">
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[087af8c0] | 12 | <!ENTITY lynx-time "0.3 SBU">
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[773c358] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[377584f] | 15 | <sect1 id="lynx" xreflabel="Lynx-&lynx-version;">
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[f9a9bb3e] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="lynx.html"?>
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[50b8d8b] | 17 |
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| 18 |
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[f9a9bb3e] | 19 | <title>Lynx-&lynx-version;</title>
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[50b8d8b] | 20 |
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[f9a9bb3e] | 21 | <indexterm zone="lynx">
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| 22 | <primary sortas="a-Lynx">Lynx</primary>
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| 23 | </indexterm>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 26 | <title>Introduction to Lynx</title>
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[50b8d8b] | 27 |
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[7c56ece] | 28 | <para>
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| 29 | <application>Lynx</application> is a text based web browser.
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| 30 | </para>
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[50b8d8b] | 31 |
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[567056a] | 32 | &lfs121_checked;
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[bc40324] | 33 |
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[f9a9bb3e] | 34 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 35 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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[740ef14] | 36 | <listitem>
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[7c56ece] | 37 | <para>
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| 38 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&lynx-download-http;"/>
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| 39 | </para>
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[740ef14] | 40 | </listitem>
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[f9a9bb3e] | 41 | <listitem>
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[7c56ece] | 42 | <para>
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| 43 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&lynx-download-ftp;"/>
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| 44 | </para>
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[f9a9bb3e] | 45 | </listitem>
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| 46 | <listitem>
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[7c56ece] | 47 | <para>
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| 48 | Download MD5 sum: &lynx-md5sum;
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| 49 | </para>
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[f9a9bb3e] | 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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[7c56ece] | 52 | <para>
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| 53 | Download size: &lynx-size;
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| 54 | </para>
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[f9a9bb3e] | 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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[7c56ece] | 57 | <para>
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| 58 | Estimated disk space required: &lynx-buildsize;
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| 59 | </para>
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[f9a9bb3e] | 60 | </listitem>
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| 61 | <listitem>
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[7c56ece] | 62 | <para>
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| 63 | Estimated build time: &lynx-time;
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| 64 | </para>
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[f9a9bb3e] | 65 | </listitem>
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| 66 | </itemizedlist>
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[b22c690] | 67 |
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[f9a9bb3e] | 68 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[f42801c] | 69 | <para role="optional">
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[f22fa770] | 70 | <xref linkend="gnutls"/> (experimental, to replace openssl),
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[f42801c] | 71 | <xref linkend="zip"/>,
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| 72 | <xref linkend="unzip"/>,
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[7c56ece] | 73 | an <xref linkend="server-mail"/> (that provides a
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| 74 | <command>sendmail</command> command), and
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[3ec1600] | 75 | <xref linkend='sharutils'/> (for the <command>uudecode</command> program)
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[f42801c] | 76 | </para>
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[50b8d8b] | 77 |
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[f9a9bb3e] | 78 | </sect2>
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[50b8d8b] | 79 |
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[f9a9bb3e] | 80 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 81 | <title>Installation of Lynx</title>
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| 82 |
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[7c56ece] | 83 | <para>
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| 84 | Install <application>Lynx</application> by running the following
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| 85 | commands:
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| 86 | </para>
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[f9a9bb3e] | 87 |
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[68dfef54] | 88 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 89 | --sysconfdir=/etc/lynx \
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| 90 | --with-zlib \
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| 91 | --with-bzlib \
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| 92 | --with-ssl \
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| 93 | --with-screen=ncursesw \
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| 94 | --enable-locale-charset \
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| 95 | --datadir=/usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version; &&
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[f9a9bb3e] | 96 | make</userinput></screen>
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[50b8d8b] | 97 |
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[7c56ece] | 98 | <para>
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| 99 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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| 100 | </para>
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[d6f100c] | 101 |
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[7c56ece] | 102 | <para>
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| 103 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 104 | </para>
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[520d0fe] | 105 |
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[3bcdc06] | 106 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install-full</userinput></screen>
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[50b8d8b] | 107 |
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[f9a9bb3e] | 108 | </sect2>
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[50b8d8b] | 109 |
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[f9a9bb3e] | 110 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 111 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[50b8d8b] | 112 |
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[7c56ece] | 113 | <para>
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| 114 | <parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/lynx</parameter>: This parameter is
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| 115 | used so that the configuration files are located in
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| 116 | <filename class="directory">/etc/lynx</filename> instead of
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| 117 | <filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.
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| 118 | </para>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <para>
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| 121 | <parameter>--datadir=/usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;</parameter>:
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| 122 | This parameter is used so that the documentation files are installed into
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| 123 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;</filename>
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| 124 | instead of
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| 125 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/lynx_{doc,help}</filename>.
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| 126 | </para>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <para>
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| 129 | <parameter>--with-zlib</parameter>: This enables support for
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| 130 | linking <filename class="libraryfile">libz</filename> into
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| 131 | <application>Lynx</application>.
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| 132 | </para>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <para>
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| 135 | <parameter>--with-bzlib</parameter>: This enables support for
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| 136 | linking <filename class="libraryfile">libbz2</filename> into
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| 137 | <application>Lynx</application>.
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| 138 | </para>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <para>
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| 141 | <parameter>--with-ssl</parameter>: This enables support for
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| 142 | linking SSL into <application>Lynx</application>.
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| 143 | </para>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <para>
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| 146 | <parameter>--with-screen=ncursesw</parameter>: This switch enables
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| 147 | the use of advanced wide-character support present in the system
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| 148 | <application>NCurses</application> library. This is needed for
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| 149 | proper display of characters and line wrapping in multibyte locales.
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| 150 | </para>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <para>
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| 153 | <parameter>--enable-locale-charset</parameter>: This switch allows
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| 154 | <application>Lynx</application> to deduce the proper character encoding
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| 155 | for terminal output from the current locale. A configuration step is
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| 156 | still needed (see below), but unlike the situation without this switch,
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| 157 | the configuration step becomes the same for all users (without the
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| 158 | switch one must specify the display character set explicitly). This is
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| 159 | important for environments such as a LiveCD, where the amount of
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| 160 | system-specific configuration steps has to be reduced to the minimum.
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| 161 | </para>
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| 162 |
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[abde9c1c] | 163 | <para>
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| 164 | <option>--enable-ipv6</option>: This switch allows
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| 165 | <application>Lynx</application> to use IPv6, along with IPv4. Use
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| 166 | it if your ISP provides an IPv6 configuration.
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| 167 | </para>
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| 168 |
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[7c56ece] | 169 | <para>
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| 170 | <option>--enable-nls</option>: This switch allows
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| 171 | <application>Lynx</application> to print translated messages (such as
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| 172 | questions about cookies and SSL certificates).
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| 173 | </para>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <para>
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| 176 | <option>--with-gnutls</option>: This enables experimental support
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| 177 | for linking <application>GnuTLS</application> into
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| 178 | <application>Lynx</application>. Remove the
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| 179 | <parameter>--with-ssl</parameter> switch if you want to use gnutls.
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| 180 | </para>
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| 181 |
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| 182 | <para>
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| 183 | <command>make install-full</command>: In addition to the standard
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| 184 | installation, this target installs the documentation and help files.
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| 185 | </para>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <para>
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| 188 | <command>
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| 189 | chgrp -v -R root /usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;/lynx_doc
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| 190 | </command>:
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| 191 | This command corrects the improper group ownership of installed
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| 192 | documentation files.
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| 193 | </para>
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[67ca8f6] | 194 |
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[597caf43] | 195 | <!-- This was fixed in the 2.8.6 release, though it still could
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| 196 | be considered an issue by some
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[67ca8f6] | 197 | <note>
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[7c56ece] | 198 | <para>
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| 199 | There has been a security vulnerability identified if you enable
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| 200 | support for CGI links by passing the <option>-enable-cgi-links</option>
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| 201 | parameter to <command>configure</command>. See <ulink
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| 202 | url="http://seclists.org/lists/vulnwatch/2005/Oct-Dec/0041.html"/> for
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| 203 | details.
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| 204 | </para>
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[67ca8f6] | 205 | </note>
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[597caf43] | 206 | -->
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[bccbdaea] | 207 |
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[f9a9bb3e] | 208 | </sect2>
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[50b8d8b] | 209 |
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[f9a9bb3e] | 210 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 211 | <title>Configuring Lynx</title>
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| 212 |
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| 213 | <sect3 id="lynx-config">
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| 214 | <title>Config Files</title>
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[50b8d8b] | 215 |
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[7c56ece] | 216 | <para>
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| 217 | <filename>/etc/lynx/lynx.cfg</filename>
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| 218 | </para>
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[50b8d8b] | 219 |
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[f9a9bb3e] | 220 | <indexterm zone="lynx lynx-config">
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[597caf43] | 221 | <primary sortas="e-etc-lynx-lynx.cfg">/etc/lynx/lynx.cfg</primary>
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[f9a9bb3e] | 222 | </indexterm>
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[50b8d8b] | 223 |
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[f9a9bb3e] | 224 | </sect3>
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[50b8d8b] | 225 |
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[f9a9bb3e] | 226 | <sect3>
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| 227 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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[50b8d8b] | 228 |
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[7c56ece] | 229 | <para>
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| 230 | The proper way to get the display character set is to examine the
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| 231 | current locale. However, <application>Lynx</application> does not do
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| 232 | this by default. As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 233 | user, change this setting:
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| 234 | </para>
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[c22b9f4] | 235 |
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[0fe2f5b] | 236 | <screen role="root"><userinput>sed -e '/#LOCALE/ a LOCALE_CHARSET:TRUE' \
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| 237 | -i /etc/lynx/lynx.cfg</userinput></screen>
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[c22b9f4] | 238 |
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[7c56ece] | 239 | <para>
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| 240 | The built-in editor in <application>Lynx</application> <xref
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| 241 | linkend="locale-wrong-multibyte-characters"/>. This issue manifests
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| 242 | itself in multibyte locales, e.g., as the Backspace key not erasing
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| 243 | non-ASCII characters properly, and as incorrect data being sent to the
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| 244 | network when one edits the contents of text areas. The only solution
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| 245 | to this problem is to configure <application>Lynx</application> to
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| 246 | use an external editor (bound to the <quote>Ctrl+X e</quote> key
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| 247 | combination by default). Still as the
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| 248 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 249 | </para>
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| 250 |
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[0fe2f5b] | 251 | <screen role="root"><userinput>sed -e '/#DEFAULT_ED/ a DEFAULT_EDITOR:vi' \
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| 252 | -i /etc/lynx/lynx.cfg</userinput></screen>
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[d37f788] | 253 |
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[7c56ece] | 254 | <para>
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| 255 | <application>Lynx</application> handles the following values of
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| 256 | the DEFAULT_EDITOR option specially by adding cursor-positioning
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| 257 | arguments: <quote>emacs</quote>, <quote>jed</quote>,
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| 258 | <quote>jmacs</quote>, <quote>joe</quote>, <quote>jove</quote>,
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| 259 | <quote>jpico</quote>, <quote>jstar</quote>, <quote>nano</quote>,
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| 260 | <quote>pico</quote>, <quote>rjoe</quote>, <quote>vi</quote> (but not
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| 261 | <quote>vim</quote>: in order to position the cursor in
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| 262 | <xref linkend="vim"/>, set this option to <quote>vi</quote>).
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| 263 | </para>
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| 264 |
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| 265 | <para>
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| 266 | By default, <application>Lynx</application> doesn't save cookies
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| 267 | between sessions. Again as the
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| 268 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, change this
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| 269 | setting:
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| 270 | </para>
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[0fe2f5b] | 271 | <screen role="root"><userinput>sed -e '/#PERSIST/ a PERSISTENT_COOKIES:TRUE' \
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| 272 | -i /etc/lynx/lynx.cfg</userinput></screen>
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[d37f788] | 273 |
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[7c56ece] | 274 | <para>
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| 275 | Many other system-wide settings such as proxies can also be set
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| 276 | in the <filename>/etc/lynx/lynx.cfg</filename> file.
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| 277 | </para>
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[50b8d8b] | 278 |
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[f9a9bb3e] | 279 | </sect3>
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[50b8d8b] | 280 |
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[f9a9bb3e] | 281 | </sect2>
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[50b8d8b] | 282 |
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[f9a9bb3e] | 283 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 284 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 285 |
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| 286 | <segmentedlist>
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| 287 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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| 288 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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[597caf43] | 289 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[50b8d8b] | 290 |
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[f9a9bb3e] | 291 | <seglistitem>
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| 292 | <seg>lynx</seg>
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| 293 | <seg>None</seg>
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[597caf43] | 294 | <seg>/etc/lynx and /usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;</seg>
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[f9a9bb3e] | 295 | </seglistitem>
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| 296 | </segmentedlist>
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[50b8d8b] | 297 |
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[f9a9bb3e] | 298 | <variablelist>
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| 299 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 300 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 301 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[50b8d8b] | 302 |
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[f9a9bb3e] | 303 | <varlistentry id="lynx-prog">
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| 304 | <term><command>lynx</command></term>
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| 305 | <listitem>
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[7c56ece] | 306 | <para>
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| 307 | is a general purpose, text-based, distributed information
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[4c24eb0a] | 308 | browser for the World Wide Web
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[7c56ece] | 309 | </para>
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[f9a9bb3e] | 310 | <indexterm zone="lynx lynx-prog">
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| 311 | <primary sortas="b-lynx">lynx</primary>
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| 312 | </indexterm>
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| 313 | </listitem>
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| 314 | </varlistentry>
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[50b8d8b] | 315 |
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[f9a9bb3e] | 316 | </variablelist>
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| 317 |
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| 318 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 319 |
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| 320 | </sect1>
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