Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 18:54:51 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Gregory Stearns <stearns@mail.com> Cc: Free BSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: http from command line Message-ID: <3FA1B2DB.4030200@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20031031003913.36008.qmail@mail.com> References: <20031031003913.36008.qmail@mail.com>
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Gregory Stearns wrote: >I hate to be a pest but is there a utility to do http web browsing from the command line, and how would I use it? > > Lynx (/usr/ports/lynx) is a text mode http browser. To install, connect to the Internet, and then run the following commands as root: $cd /usr/ports/lynx $make install clean Once Lynx is installed, use it this way: $lynx www.example.com I will warn you that playboy.com looks very boring in Lynx, but you can browse it much faster 8-) >Also how do I configure Xwindows? > > Too big for an email. Try www.freebsd.org/handbook and navigate to chapter 5 .... HTH, Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P.
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