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sindi · Joined: 16 Aug 2009 Posts: 1088 Location: Ann Arbor MI USA

Wikipedia works with lynx 2.8.9rel1 but not with 2.8.8 as of Jan 1 2020.
Javascript is not needed for it or duckduckgo.com/lite/.

rockedge · Posted: Wed 18 Dec 2019, 17:16 Post subject:

I have compiled lynx 2.8.9rel1 for Puppy Linux Bionic64 if any one is interested.

here is the Link -> http://rockedge.org/kernels/data/PET/Bionic/lynx2.8.9rel.1-x86_64.pet

sindi · Joined: 16 Aug 2009 Posts: 1088 Location: Ann Arbor MI USA

Thank you for the Bionic 64 version but my laptops run older 32-bit puppies.

The main one won't run puppies 6 (video is scrambled). Lupu and racy work.

Can you compile lynx statically on your setup or dynamically to work with lupu 2016, racy 5.5 (glibc 2.2.0 upgrade) and
precise-lite 5.7.1 (glibc 2.2.0). Racy won't run on another laptop.

jrb

rufwoof · Joined: 24 Feb 2014 Posts: 3725

tallboy · Joined: 21 Sep 2010 Posts: 1767 Location: Drøbak, Norway

Interesting, I'll try that. Very Happy

rockedge · Posted: Thu 19 Dec 2019, 13:20 Post subject:

Hello sindi

working on a build of lynx2.9.0dev.4-i386.pet created on a Lucid 5.2.8.005 running the stock kernel 2.6.33.2 SMP

Update : it works but not with https connections and duckduckgo has the warning on this most recent Lynx version which I believe is not Lynx, since it is the newest, but the openssl libs available in Lucid that are the problem.

OscarTalks · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 2202 Location: London, England

Hello rockedge,

I compiled lynx2.9.0dev.4 in Dpup Wheezy and even the lynx homepage gives an SSL error initially (testing in a fresh pfix=ram boot), but installing the ca-certificates package fixes this. Not sure if it will in Lupu as the OpenSSL version is older in that.
http://smokey01.com/OscarTalks/ca-certificates-2019-03-08.pet

rufwoof · Joined: 24 Feb 2014 Posts: 3725

jrb · Posted: Fri 20 Dec 2019, 10:30 Post subject:

rockedge · Posted: Fri 20 Dec 2019, 13:08 Post subject:

I tried the PET and it did not work on Lucid. I then tried ca-certificates_20090814ubuntu0.10.04.1_all.deb but also no luck.

Lynx 2.9.0dev works on Lucid 5.2.8 but only http so far. I went and compiled some openssl versions to see if any improvment but no.
Palemoon 27.4.1 works great though.

sindi · Joined: 16 Aug 2009 Posts: 1088 Location: Ann Arbor MI USA

I just downloaded lynx 2.8.9rel1 source code from Linux from Scratch
and devx from Precise Puppy 5.7.1, working in the updated Light version of 5.7.1,
and compiled a lynx binary that works with https sites like duckduckgo.com/lite
and Wikipedia in Precise Puppy 5.7.1. In lupu 2016 and racy 5.5 ldd shows that
it cannot find libtinfo.so.5. In those OSes it accesses http but not https sites.

I did ./configure --with-ssl after it could not access https sites without that.

http://keesan.freeshell.org/puppy/lynx2891-precise571

The files needed by lynx are in lynxpkg.tgz. The new lynx is 1.5MB.
and worked with lynx.cfg etc. in the original locations. Old lynx 2.8.8 binary is 2MB.
I did not make a pet. My cert.pem is from 2018.

Someone steered me to a wheezy pet for links 2.20 that works in Precise
(but not in debiandog wheezy without added libraries).

Lynx has fewer dependencies than links2 or elinks.

I used it to display graphical hourly weather forecasts with fbi, also
to view photos in console mode. Very fast.

I will try browsh on some laptop with space for Firefox 57+.

nic007 · Posted: Sun 22 Dec 2019, 03:02 Post subject:

I recommend using Opera Mini running on an emulator for general web browsing. You need Java though but otherwise standalone. Better option than any other text/html only based browsers in my view.

sindi · Joined: 16 Aug 2009 Posts: 1088 Location: Ann Arbor MI USA

Browsh appears to require X and a mouse, and to display graphics, none of which I want in a text-only browser. Lynx can display images in terminal mode (no X needed) with numbered links.

I discovered that Firefox 60 ESR works in the latest Precise 5.7.1 light (updated to glibc 2.20 already) and automatically downloads and installs version 68 ESR, which also works. They need GTK+ 3. I run Pale Moon and Seamonkey and Firefox from their own directory, not installed. Browsh could not find Firefox.

I can no longer access Wikipedia or duckduckgo.com/lite/ on my HTC EVO 4G Android 2.3 phone from 2010, with 'browser', Naked Browser, Via (old version), Opera Mini, or UC Mini 10.7.

So I ssh'ed to my account at sdf.org and ran lynx from it (also links, elinks, and w3m text browsers). w3m is said to display tables and images and it needs a recent gc to compile.

Did someone from this discussion leave me a private message?
It seems not to be there.

step · Joined: 04 May 2012 Posts: 1352

Thought this might be of interest to some lynx users.
Threre's another command-line text browser http://edbrowse.org. I haven't really used it, so I don't know how it compares with lynx. The concept *is* different, therefore comparisons might not be fair. edbrowse seems to have some interesting features.