#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r13.0-491

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# Links-2.30

## Introduction to Links

Links is a text and graphics mode WWW browser. It includes support for rendering tables and frames, features background downloads, can display colors and has many other features.

### Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): http://links.twibright.com/download/links-2.30.tar.bz2

- Download MD5 sum: dc56041551980c74dd354cd7c2882539

- Download size: 6.3 MB

- Estimated disk space required: 36 MB

- Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU

### Links Dependencies

#### Recommended

libevent-2.1.12

#### Optional

Graphics mode requires at least one of GPM-1.20.7 (mouse support to be used with a framebuffer-based console), SVGAlib, DirectFB, and a graphical environment

For decoding various image formats Links can utilize libavif-1.4.1, libpng-1.6.58, libjpeg-turbo-3.1.4.1, librsvg-2.62.1, and libtiff-4.7.1

For decompressing web pages that are compressed with Brotli, Links can utilize Brotli-1.2.0

## Installation of Links

First, fix an issue introduced by glibc-2.43 and higher:

    sed '/*strchr/s/cast_const_char //g' -i ftp.c

Install Links by running the following commands:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man &&
    make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install &&
    install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/links-2.30 &&
    install -v -m644 doc/links_cal/* KEYS BRAILLE_HOWTO \
        /usr/share/doc/links-2.30

## Command Explanations

`--enable-graphics`: This switch enables support for graphics mode.

## Configuring Links

### Config Files

`~/.links/*`

### Configuration Information

Links stores its configuration in per-user files in the `~/.links` directory. These files are created automatically when links is run for the first time.

## Contents

Installed Program: links
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/share/doc/links-2.30

### Short Descriptions

links | is a text and graphics mode WWW browser

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