How to Install and Uninstall elinks Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "elinks" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install elinks on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                elinks
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "elinks" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall elinks on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                elinks
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the elinks package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: elinks
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.13.2-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1769
Provides: www-browser
Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.15), libev4 (>= 1:4.15), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libfsplib0 (>= 0.9), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.7.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.12), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.7), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libidn11 (>= 1.13), liblua5.1-0, liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libperl5.30 (>= 5.30.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libtre5, elinks-data (= 0.13.2-1)
Suggests: elinks-doc
Filename: pool/universe/e/elinks/elinks_0.13.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 595388
MD5sum: 03656a2cabad618eefeb8ad59eaafdaf
SHA1: 8e2f2688528c044e924e9ebc366bdd892d522819
SHA256: 7ed994e13c73c609cf68574ce6053d9cda3fe260c980557d249c5ba1f5fce904
SHA512: 52f80ff36a6bc225e1d9e632417d8c4c9db058149fe19a3cbbe69b0652a57915c75a822c54cc9d8bfbc44c6aa8dda924c08d935b49c2e5f49f964d9355b481e9
Homepage: http://elinks.cz/
Description-en: advanced text-mode WWW browser
ELinks is a feature-rich program for browsing the web in text mode. It is
like enhanced Lynx and Links. The most noteworthy features of ELinks are:
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* Lots of protocols (local files, finger, HTTP(S), FTP, IPv4/6 etc.)
* Internationalized domain names
* Persistent cookies, HTTP authentication and proxy authentication
* Tabbed browsing, good looking menus and dialogs, and key-binding manager
* History browsing and typeahead searches
* Forms history and completion, and history in commonly used input dialogs
* CSS support and support for browser scripting (Perl, Lua, Guile etc.)
* Tables and frames rendering, and configurable color support
* Compressed and background (non-blocking) downloads, and download resuming
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This package is based on felinks fork, since original elinks seems to be no
longer maintained.
Description-md5: 8dd761a6cfe5b26b256c25a8650d0479