Information about the package, elinks, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The elinks package is designed for, A text-mode Web browser.
Package Name:
elinks
Summary:
A text-mode Web browser
URL:
Description:
Elinks is a text-based Web browser. Elinks does not display any images, but it does support frames, tables and most other HTML tags. Elinks' advantage over graphical browsers is its speed--Elinks starts and exits quickly and swiftly displays Web pages.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.12
Release:
0.21.pre5.el6_3
Size:
838 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the elinks package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install elinks
This command will install elinks on the server.
yum remove elinks
This command will un-install elinks on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove elinks, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove elinks
This command will un-install elinks 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 elinks when using the -y flag.
yum update elinks
This command will update elinks to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove elinks, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update elinks
This command will update elinks 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 elinks when using the -y flag.
yum info elinks
This command will show you core information about the elinks package.
yum deplist elinks
This command will show you the dependencies for elinks. 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 elinks
This command will check if there is an update waiting on elinks. 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.