How To Install lynx on CentOS 8
lynx is A text-based Web browser
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lynx on CentOS 8.
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 CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lynx.
Install lynx on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 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 CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 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 CentOS 8
To uninstall only the lynx package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lynx
lynx Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/lynx-site.cfg
/etc/lynx.cfg
/etc/lynx.lss
/usr/bin/lynx
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/c96eaeb3258665f4d8f5f30479d779f4b4ae46
/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/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 CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.