How To Install links on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install links on Ubuntu.
What is links
links is:
Links is a text mode WWW browser, similar to Lynx. It displays tables, frames, downloads on background, uses HTTP/1.1 keepalive connections.
This version is compiled without graphics mode. See the package links2 for a version with graphics support compiled in.
There are three methods to install links on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install links Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install links using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install links
Install links Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install links using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install links
Install links Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install links using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install links
How To Uninstall links on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the links package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove links
Uninstall links And Its Dependencies
To uninstall links and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove links
Remove links Configurations and Data
To remove links configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge links
Remove links configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove links configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge links
Dependencies
links have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install links package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.