Lynx - the text-based web browser --------------------------------- Some people have been asking about a web browser for Smoothwall. Well, here is one! This package contains binaries for Lynx 2.8.5. Lynx is a text-based web browser. These binaries were built from the pristine (i.e., unpatched) public sources. Installation ------------ 1. Download the tarball: http://www.greatchief.plus.com/smoothwall/lynx-2.8.5.tar.bz2 2. Upload it to the /tmp directory on your Smoothwall box 3. Change to the tmp directory 4. Unpack the archive - run the command: tar -jxvf /tmp/lynx-2.8.5.tar.bz2 -C / This will extract the files into a new directory: "/usr/lynx-2.8.5/" 5. Run Lynx like this: "/usr/lynx-2.8.5/bin/lynx" Uninstall --------- Remove the directory: "/usr/lynx-2.8.5/" You do it like this: "rm -rf /usr/lynx-2.8.5/" That's all folks! DISCLAIMER ---------- Smoothwall is a security appliance. You should NOT install unnecessary tools on your Smoothwall box, as this may compromise the security that SW is meant for. If you install and/or use this mod, then you are on your own. This package is provided with no warranties whatsoever. You'd better make sure that you know what you are doing before trying this mod. I accept no responsibility for any loss or damage to your SW box, to your marriage, to your life, or to anything else that pertains to you, arising from the use or the purported use of this mod, for any purpose whatsoever. -------------------------- January 2005, The African Chief. http://www.greatchief.plus.com