How To Install w3m on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install w3m on CentOS 8.
What is w3m
The w3m program is a pager (or text file viewer) that can also be used as a text-mode Web browser. W3m features include the following reading an HTML document, you can follow links and view images using an external image viewer; its internet message mode determines the type of document from the header; if the Content-Type field of the document is text/html, the document is displayed as an HTML document; you can change a URL description like ‘http text into a link to that URL. If you want to display the inline images on w3m, you need to install w3m-img package as well.
We can use yum or dnf to install w3m on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install w3m.
Install w3m 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 w3m using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install w3m
Install w3m 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 w3m using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install w3m
How To Uninstall w3m on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the w3m package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove w3m
w3m Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/w3m
/etc/w3m/config
/usr/bin/w3m
/usr/bin/w3mman
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/858b9153cf78f5a8c0b489434c4f4aa53384de
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/685e597197aa499d50548352ae6402d7490b99
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/4310768e478c2b083bbcc3b1e6158175191e8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/14095231bacd7f0c6bc079d7085685ba9cee5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/2cc249ed8c31331ee46c167ab7404bfc048f47
/usr/libexec/w3m
/usr/libexec/w3m/cgi-bin
/usr/libexec/w3m/cgi-bin/dirlist.cgi
/usr/libexec/w3m/cgi-bin/multipart.cgi
/usr/libexec/w3m/cgi-bin/w3mbookmark
/usr/libexec/w3m/cgi-bin/w3mdict.cgi
/usr/libexec/w3m/cgi-bin/w3mhelp.cgi
/usr/libexec/w3m/cgi-bin/w3mhelperpanel
/usr/libexec/w3m/cgi-bin/w3mmail.cgi
/usr/libexec/w3m/cgi-bin/w3mman2html.cgi
/usr/libexec/w3m/inflate
/usr/libexec/w3m/xface2xpm
/usr/share/doc/w3m
/usr/share/doc/w3m/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/w3m/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/w3m/README
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-de
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-de/FAQ.html
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-de/MANUAL.html
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-de/README.func
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/FAQ.html
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/HISTORY
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/MANUAL.html
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/README
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/README.SSL
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/README.cookie
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/README.cygwin
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/README.dict
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/README.func
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/README.img
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/README.keymap
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/README.m17n
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/README.mailcap
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/README.menu
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/README.migemo
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/README.mouse
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/README.passwd
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/README.pre_form
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/README.siteconf
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/README.tab
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/STORY.html
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/keymap.default
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/keymap.lynx
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/menu.default
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc-jp/menu.submenu
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/FAQ.html
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/HISTORY
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/MANUAL.html
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/README
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/README.cookie
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/README.cygwin
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/README.dict
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/README.func
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/README.img
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/README.m17n
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/README.mouse
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/README.passwd
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/README.pre_form
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/README.siteconf
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/README.sixel
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/README.tab
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/STORY.html
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/keymap.default
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/keymap.lynx
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/menu.default
/usr/share/doc/w3m/doc/menu.submenu
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/w3m.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/w3m.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/w3m.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/w3m.mo
/usr/share/man/de/man1/w3m.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/w3mman.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man1/w3m.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/w3m.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/w3mman.1.gz
/usr/share/w3m
/usr/share/w3m/w3mhelp-funcdesc.de.pl
/usr/share/w3m/w3mhelp-funcdesc.en.pl
/usr/share/w3m/w3mhelp-funcdesc.ja.pl
/usr/share/w3m/w3mhelp-funcname.pl
/usr/share/w3m/w3mhelp.html
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install w3m on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.