How To Install lynx on Fedora 34

lynx is A text-based Web browser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lynx on Fedora 34.

What is lynx

Lynx is a text-based Web browser. Lynx does not display any images, but it does support frames, tables, and most other HTML tags. One advantage Lynx has over graphical browsers is speed; Lynx starts and exits quickly and swiftly displays web pages.

We can use yum or dnf to install lynx on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lynx.

Install lynx on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install lynx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lynx

Install lynx on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install lynx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lynx

How To Uninstall lynx on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the lynx package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lynx

lynx Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/lynx-site.cfg
/etc/lynx.cfg
/etc/lynx.lss
/usr/bin/lynx
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/4c416a90da5f00462a38f98c2bb493b47ed001
/usr/share/doc/lynx
/usr/share/doc/lynx/INSTALLATION
/usr/share/doc/lynx/README
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/CHANGES2.3
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/CHANGES2.4
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/CHANGES2.5
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/CHANGES2.6
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/CHANGES2.7
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/CHANGES2.8
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/CRAWL.announce
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/FM.announce
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/IBMPC-charsets.announce
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/README.TRST
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/README.chartrans
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/README.cookies
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/README.defines
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/README.metrics
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/README.options
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/README.release
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/README.rootcerts
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/README.ssl
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/README.sslcerts
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/SOCKETSHR.announce
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/TCPWARE.announce
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/VMSWAIS.announce
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/djgpp.key
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/pdcurses.key
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/slang.key
/usr/share/doc/lynx/docs/win-386.announce
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx.hlp
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/about_lynx.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/help_files.txt
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/alt_edit_help.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/bashlike_edit_help.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/bookmark_help.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/cookie_help.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/dired_help.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/edit_help.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/environments.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/follow_help.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/gopher_types_help.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/history_help.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/keystroke_help.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/movement_help.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/option_help.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/other_help.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/print_help.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/scrolling_help.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/test_display.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/visited_help.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/xterm_help.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/lynx-dev.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/lynx_help/lynx_url_support.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/blue-background.lss
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/bright-blue.lss
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/cernrules.txt
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/home.htm
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/installdirs.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/jumps.htm
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/jumpsUnix.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/jumpsVMS.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/keepviewer
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/lynx-demo.cfg
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/lynx-keymaps
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/lynx.com
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/lynx.ico
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/lynx.lss
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/lynx_bookmarks.htm
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/lynxdump
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/mailcap
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/mailto-form.pl
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/midnight.lss
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/mild-colors.lss
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/mime.types
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/oldlynx
/usr/share/doc/lynx/samples/opaque.lss
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/ALT88592.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/ISO_LATIN1_test.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/TestComment.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/bad-html.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/c1.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/circle.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/cp-1252.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/cp-1252a.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/image.jpg
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/iso-8859-1.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/iso-8859-1a.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/iso-8859-2.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/iso-8859-2a.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/koi8-r.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/quickbrown.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/raw8bit.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/sgml.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/spaces.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/special_urls.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/square.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/tabtest.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/tags.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/test-styles.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/triangle.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/unicode.html
/usr/share/doc/lynx/test/utf-8-demo.html
/usr/share/licenses/lynx
/usr/share/licenses/lynx/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/lynx.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/lynx.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lynx on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.