HOWTO
# Links 2.2
# =========
# As of this version of this howto, we're using the /usr prefix
# for installation to match where Slackware's package puts it.
#
# If you are replacing an older version installed under /usr/local,
# or if you just want to clean up files from an older version, skip#
# down to the bottom for instructions.
# There are several different versions of links. There's the original text
# mode one:
#
http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mikulas/links/ (links.browser.org)
#
http://links.sourceforge.net/
# then there's Links-Lua:
#
http://links.sourceforge.net/links-lua/
# and ELinks:
#
http://elinks.or.cz/
# and the Hacked Links Project:
#
http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~karpov/links-hacked/
# Here we cover the newest links that runs at the console or under X,
# SVGAlib, framebuffer. It's homepage is linked to below.
# Slackware 11.0: links 2.1pre23
# Slackware 12.0: links 2.1pre28
# Slackware 12.1: links 2.1pre33
# Slackware 12.2: links 2.2
# Prerequisites:
#
pcre
#
gpm (optional)
#
pkg-config
#
OpenSSL (if you want https:// support)
#
SVGAlib (optional)
#
DirectFB >= 0.9.17 (optional; for graphics mode)
#
XFree86 or
X.org (for graphics mode)
#
SDL >= 1.2.0
#
libpng (if you want to display png images)
#
libjpeg (if you want to display jpeg images)
#
libtiff (if you want to display tiff images)
cd
test -f installed/links-2.2.tar.bz2 &&
mv installed/links-2.2.tar.bz2 .
test ! -f links-2.2.tar.bz2 &&
wget http://links.twibright.com/download/links-2.2.tar.bz2
mkdir -p -m 0700 src
cd src
find -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "links-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
tar xjvf ~/links-2.2.tar.bz2
cd links-2.2
test $UID = 0 && chown -R root:root .
# If you're installing it on a machine with only text-based console use
# (no GUI), you'll probably want to leave off --enable-javascript and
# --enable-graphics
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-javascript --enable-graphics
make
# Become root to install it
su
test -x /sbin/removepkg && /sbin/removepkg links
make install
# Become yourself again
exit
cd
mkdir -p -m 0700 installed
rm -f installed/links-*.tar.*
mv links-2.2.tar.bz2 installed/
# To use links the normal way, use it the normal way... :-)
# To use it in graphics mode, run
links -g
# Note: you can use graphics/links.xpm as an icon in KDE/Gnome/whatever
# If you ever want to uninstall links, this should do it:
cd
su
test -d src/links-* && ( cd src/links-* ; make uninstall )
rm -f /usr/bin/links /usr/man/man1/links.1
exit
find ~/src -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "links-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
rm -f ~/installed/links-*.tar.*