No joy installing YDL on iMac

[Jurvis LaSalle]

On Dec 3, 2004, at 1:16 PM, Felix Jodoin wrote:

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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
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>>> 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
>>

Sorry, didn't follow the link.  I thought he'd posted an XF86config 
online for downloading.  lynx is definitely a better tool for this.

Jurvis LaSalle