Information about the package, lynx, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The lynx package is designed for, A text-based Web browser.
Package Name:
lynx
Summary:
A text-based Web browser
URL:
Description:
Lynx is a text-based Web browser. Lynx does not display any images, but it does support frames, tables, and most other HTML tags. One advantage Lynx has over graphical browsers is speed; Lynx starts and exits quickly and swiftly displays web pages.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.8.6
Release:
27.el6
Size:
4.7 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the lynx package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install lynx
This command will install lynx on the server.
yum remove lynx
This command will un-install lynx on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lynx, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove lynx
This command will un-install lynx on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove lynx when using the -y flag.
yum update lynx
This command will update lynx to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lynx, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update lynx
This command will update lynx to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove lynx when using the -y flag.
yum info lynx
This command will show you core information about the lynx package.
yum deplist lynx
This command will show you the dependencies for lynx. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update lynx
This command will check if there is an update waiting on lynx. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.