Sometimes I need to do some testing or just a quick browsing for a web site while working on FreeBSD server without any graphical interface, its only text mode.
one solution is to use links, to install links text browser just follow this steps:
- #cd /usr/ports/www/links1
- #make install clean
to start browsing just type
#links url
ex:
#links google.com
links can work with mouse also.
to get links text browser menu press Esc and the links menu will appear which contain many options like file, view, download, setup, and help, to exit links text browser press q.
to get more inforamtion about links text based www web browser you can use:
- #man links
Another solution for text browser is elinks which looks more recent with better functionality than links.
to setup elinks use:
- #cd /usr/ports/www/elinks
- #make install clean
- configuration screen will appear then select the options you need.
- to run elinks simply type :
- #elinks google.com
unfortunately both links and elinks text browser is not supporting javascript.
so still looking for some thing else.