Install w3m on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install w3m
Learn how to install w3m with the command sudo apt-get install w3m on Ubuntus.
Quick installation of w3m:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: w3m
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install w3m
Package Details | |
| Package: | w3m |
| Version: | 0.5.3-5ubuntu1.1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://sourceforge.net/projects/w3m |
| Description: | WWW browsable pager with excellent tables/frames support w3m is a text-based World Wide Web browser with IPv6 support. It features excellent support for tables and frames. It can be used as a standalone file pager, too. . * You can follow links and/or view images in HTML. * Internet message preview mode, you can browse HTML mail. * You can follow links in plain text if it includes URL forms. * With w3m-img, you can view inline images. Multi-Arch: foreign Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/w3m |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | text |
How to install w3m 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 w3m is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L w3m' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L w3m Package `w3m' 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 w3m:
After system update use the following command to install w3m:
sudo apt-get install w3m
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 w3m from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the w3m 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 w3m following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove w3m
Following command is used to remove the w3m package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove w3m
This will remove w3m and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing w3m with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge w3m
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove w3m
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with w3m package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.