Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 12:00:32 -0800 (PST) From: Andrew Gould <andrewgould@yahoo.com> To: linux quest <linuxquest7570@yahoo.com>, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Newbie Lynx and Mozilla Firefox Questions Message-ID: <20070104200032.74330.qmail@web35305.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: linux quest <linuxquest7570@yahoo.com>= =0ATo: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org=0ASent: Thursday, January 4, 2007 10:2= 2:25 AM=0ASubject: Newbie Lynx and Mozilla Firefox Questions=0A=0AI have be= en searching for tutorials for browsing the Internet using Lynx, but can't = seem to find one anywhere. There aren't any tutorial either in those Unix b= ooks that I bought. What command do I need to type to download Lynx and wha= t command I need to type to run Lynx on FreeBSD? =0A=0ASecondly, I try to r= un firefox by typing ...=0A=0A# mozilla &=0A=0Abut ... it respond with erro= r msg ... and yes I can connect to the Internet (I pinged google.com).=0A= =0AThanks for any help.=0A=0ARegards,=0ALinux Quest=0A---------------------= -------------=0A=0A(The beta version of the new Yahoo! Mail encourages peop= le to reply at the top of the message; so please forgive the lack of symbol= s preceding lines of the original post. I have sent them a friendly sugges= tion regarding this issue.)=0A=0ATo install Lynx, you can execute the follo= wing as root:=0A=0Apkg_add -r lynx=0A=0Abut I prefer using the ports to get= the SSL version:=0A=0Acd /usr/ports/www/lynx-ssl/=0Amake install clean=0A= =0AThen you can start lynx using:=0A=0Alynx <url>=0A=0AIf you go to google.= com and enter "lynx tutorial", you'll get a list of good resources for lear= ning lynx.=0A=0AThe command "mozilla &" is used to start the mozilla browse= r, which is still available. To start firefox, try "firefox &".=0A=0ABest = of luck,=0A=0AAndrew=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A
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