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On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> Sindi,
> thank you very much for help and hints.
>
> I have bl3 on a 486 with 12 Mb RAM and bl2 a pentium S with 32 Mb Ram.
>
> On bl3 I have links-0.95 (no ssl) and Lynx (with ssl) from your site.

Try also the links2 that I recently compiled without graphics support but 
with ssl for glibc2 (add the operalib.tgz package first and run ldconfig), 
which uses much less memory than lynx and shows tables and frames.

Or the elinks that I just compiled with ssl support, which has similar 
dependencies.  I am unable to add the javascript support because I cannot 
understand the instructions or they don't work.

> With Lynx I can access gmail and that is ok. On that machine I do not 
> need to have more.

> I would like, if possible, to install links-0.98 or links-0.95 (with 
> ssl) because I find links fast and ease to use but reading the thread I 
> see the matter is puzzling for me.

They are not available with SSL support for libc5.  If you add glibc from 
Slackware 8.1, or my operalib.tgz package, you can use the links2 or 
elinks that I compiled with ssl support.  links2 is more similar to links. 
elinks acts a bit differently.

> The executable for links-0.98 Steven suggested does not work (i.e. I am 
> not able to get it work).

> A version of links-0.98 with ssl could be a useful add on for bl2 and 
> bl3......

Steven said he was unable to compile links against libc5 with SSL support.
I am not set up to compile for libc5.  Since I already compiled links2 and 
elinks with SSL, I am not interested in compiling plain links 0.9X for 
glibc.  So use lynx, or add glibc libraries.

 >
> > > The version of links 0.98 I installed needs openssl (before installation) as
> > > stated on links site which I did not read carefully.
> >
> > Does it need dynamic openssl libraries?  What does ldd tell you?

> Sorry, I installed links-0.98 on the other machine on bl2 and then I 
> uniinstalled (pkgtool).

> On this machine (32 Mb Ram, 64 Ram swap and bl2 ) I will install your 
> links2 with ssl.

Good choice.  Try also elinks with ssl.

> Anyway I think that your future Elinks package would be the best choice 
> for a text browser with ssl (and java?).

Me too, but I think it is beyond my abilities to compile.

I know that openssl works with lynx-uclibc-static so maybe someone more 
knowledgeable can compile elinks with javascript against uclibc.

The links2-1pre28 that I posted has minimal javascript support that does 
not work any place I tested except a site with examples.

> Thank you very much again.
> Regards,
>
> Giuseppe
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> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:02:50 +0000 (UTC)
> baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
> >
> > > Thank for all information,
> > >
> > > > .... So I suggest you add a few libraries from libc6 (some of which you
> > > need for
> > > > Opera anyway) and use my links2 with ssl support, if you have the space
> > > > and memory.
> >
> >
> > > > Or the delilinux links2 with ssl support and X support.
> > (It does not have ssl support.)
> >
> > > I did not installed links2 because I read in your site it is not sure it has
> > > ssl support and because I have only 12 Mb RAM.
> >
> > The one I compiled does have ssl support.  You can use it in text mode.
> >
> > First make a shorter symlink in /usr/local/bin.
> > ln -s links2-1pre33-svgalib-ssl links2
> >
> > Then type links2
> >
> > I don't know if there is some way to use it in text mode without the
> > dependencies, if you don't need them.  If you like I will recompile it
> > without graphics, or zlib, or libbz2, but for glibc 2.2.5 since that is
> > what I am set up for.
> >
> > If you don't look at huge images in graphics mode it should work fine with
> > 12MB RAM and a 24MB swap partition or file.
> >
> > > I downloaded lynx from your site and it works with ssl.
> > > I wanted to have links (0.98 or any other version  with ssl) because it is
> > > fast and easy to use for me.
> >
> > > The version of links 0.98 I installed needs openssl (before installation) as
> > > stated on links site which I did not read carefully.
> >
> > Does it need dynamic openssl libraries?  What does ldd tell you?
> >
> > http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/openssl-solibs-0.97-i386-1-SW81.tgz
> >
> > contains the dynamic libraries for openssl from Slackware 8.1
> > (which should work if you added glibc from SW8.1 or 9.0).
> > openssl version 0.97 is required for security.
> >
> > Sindi
> >
> > > Thanks again.
> > > Regards,
> > > Giuseppe
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