Install elinks on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install elinks
Learn how to install elinks with the command sudo apt-get install elinks on Ubuntus.
Quick installation of elinks:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: elinks
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install elinks
Package Details | |
| Package: | elinks |
| Version: | 0.12~pre5-7ubuntu1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://elinks.cz/ |
| Description: | advanced text-mode WWW browser ELinks is a feature-rich program for browsing the web in text mode. It is like enhanced Lynx and Links. The most noteworthy features of ELinks are: . * Lots of protocols (local files, finger, HTTP(S), FTP, IPv4/6 etc.) * Internationalized domain names * Persistent cookies, HTTP authentication and proxy authentication * Tabbed browsing, good looking menus and dialogs, and key-binding manager * History browsing and typeahead searches * Forms history and completion, and history in commonly used input dialogs * CSS support and support for browser scripting (Perl, Lua, Guile etc.) * Tables and frames rendering, and configurable color support * Compressed and background (non-blocking) downloads, and download resuming Homepage: http://elinks.cz/ |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/web |
How to install elinks on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If elinks is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L elinks' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L elinks Package `elinks' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing elinks:
After system update use the following command to install elinks:
sudo apt-get install elinks
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove elinks from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the elinks from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the elinks following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove elinks
Following command is used to remove the elinks package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove elinks
This will remove elinks and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing elinks with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge elinks
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove elinks
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with elinks package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.