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Where can I download Lynx?

JasonR

JasonR

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Nov 11, 2008
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Apple's link isn't working. Where can I download Lynx for OS X?
 
Try
Macupdate or versiontracker

However most of these sites point to developer's site. So if developer's site is down, then links won't work.
 
Consultant said:
Try
Macupdate or versiontracker

However most of these sites point to developer's site. So if developer's site is down, then links won't work.
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I'm not sure what I need to download on the developer's site...
 
Am I safe in assuming you are looking for Lynx, the web browser? If so, I'd suggest going with the last stable release (download link). I'm not sure if any pre-compiled binaries exist for Mac OS X so you may need to end up compiling and installing it by hand. It's not too bad if you already have the developer tools installed; I can give you a hand if you need one (I need to update my install anyway).
 
Guiyon said:
Am I safe in assuming you are looking for Lynx, the web browser? If so, I'd suggest going with the last stable release (download link). I'm not sure if any pre-compiled binaries exist for Mac OS X so you may need to end up compiling and installing it by hand. It's not too bad if you already have the developer tools installed; I can give you a hand if you need one (I need to update my install anyway).
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You're right. I downloaded it...but have no idea how to install it.
 
JasonR said:
You're right. I downloaded it...but have no idea how to install it.
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do you have the developer tools installed? they're on your installation dvd or downloadable from apple developer site. but they're 600mb or so, dvd is fine.

once installed, open terminal.app.

assuming you have safari set to download to default location and autodecompress
Code: 
cd ~/Downloads/Lynx2-8-6/
Code: 
./configure
Code: 
sudo make install

then, because it's installed in your /usr/bin folder any user can use it at any time by typing
Code: 
lynx
from the terminal...

out of interest, why are you after lynx?
 
For use with the stupid geek tool thing. I downloaded it via firefox in my user/downloads directory...

How would I know if I have the developer tools installed?
 
JasonR said:
For use with the stupid geek tool thing. I downloaded it via firefox in my user/downloads directory...

How would I know if I have the developer tools installed?
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ok, sounds interesting. to get website updates on your desktop i suppose?

i may be jumping the gun a little, but if i did't remember installing the dev tools, it's unlikely that i had. but that's just me.

it is easy, if you can dig out your instal disk. if you want to check for sure because someone else uses the computer, and may have installed them. xcode installs a bunch of, mostly examples, to /Developer/ if it's not in you root directory, it's safe bet it's not installed. so go ahead and install them.
 
melchior said:
because it's installed in your /usr/bin folder any user can use it at any time by typing
Code: 
lynx
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The default PREFIX for the lynx configure script is actually "/usr/local", not "/usr" so he may need to tweak his .bashrc/.bash_profile a bit.

@JasonR,
You can see if the Developer tools package is installed by heading looking for a folder called "Developer" at the top-level of your boot drive. In that folder there should be folders called "Applications", "Documents", etc. If it is not installed, you can download it from Apple's developer site; you just need to sign up for a free account.
 
Ok, I do have the developer tools installed. Yes, I'd be using lynx to get desktop updates. What's the correct way to install it?
 
If you follow melchior's instructions, lynx will be installed in the "/usr/local/bin" directory; the actual lynx binary will be at "/usr/local/bin/lynx". If you would rather go the MacPorts way, someone else is going to have to chime in, I'm not a huge fan of Fink/MacPorts.
 
It's not exactly working. Check the attachment.
 

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Guiyon said:
It looks like gcc, make, etc. are not installed. Are you sure you installed the developer tools?
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Nope! Just saw that Developer was in my root folder. I'll install the developer tools and try again.
 
Actually, I have a question. Where is the lynx.command file that I need to move to the applications folder? Is it the lynx unix executable file?

Can't get geektool to output the weather script...nothing shows up...
 
You probably need to write up a quick script that calls Lynx with the commands you want. Since Lynx is interactive by default you can't just have Geektool call it. You would probably need to type up a script like the one below in your favorite text editor (vi, emacs, nano, TextEdit, etc. it must be plain text though!):

Code: 
#!/usr/bin/env bash
/usr/local/bin/lynx -width=160 -dump "http://www.google.com"

Then save it wherever you want, in the terminal, type
Code: 
chmod 755
then drag and drop the saved script onto the Terminal window and, finally, configure GeekTool to use that script. I haven't used GeekTool so I don't know exactly what it's expecting; I'm just assuming that it simply redirects the stdout from any scripts that it runs.


@Signal-11
Never heard of Rudix before. I'll have to check it out; it looks interesting.
 
Can anyone help me get lynx running with Geektool? I looked through the geektool thread which didn't help me out much.
 
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