No joy installing YDL on iMac

Felix Jodoin felixj at shaw.ca
Fri Dec 3 11:16:03 MST 2004


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Hmm, I prefer lynx, as it gives a web-browser feel, and chances are, 
the person doesn't want to manually read through HTML.
as root, type in:
yum update && yum install lynx
(The yum update is just to be sure).
Also, the command for starting X is startx (just in case).
Regards,
- -Felix

>> How do I do that from the command line? I can't get web access 
>> without the GUI!
>>
>>
>
> George,
>
> 	It's nice to see someone who refers to himself as a "noob" *not* 
> top-post (unlike some of the helpful responses).  That said, my 
> favorite CLI tool for grabbing files off the net is wget.  To download 
> something off the web, just type at the prompt:
> $wget http://www.sharplabs.com:8668/space/Configuration+of+XF86Config
>
> 	There are many other interesting things you can do with wget, just 
> read the man page (>man wget).  And should my memory have totally 
> failed me and ydl *doesn't* ship with wget, try curl.  They perform 
> the same basic functions using different flags and most distros 
> include one or the other in the base install...
>
> hth,
> Jurvis LaSalle
>
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