Using Lynx

Some sites (like http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org) only allow you to download files using the HTTP protocol. For these cases, you can use the textbased web browser called Lynx or the non-interactive tool wget (discussed in the next section). The commands to start a download with lynx might look like this:

 #cd /usr/local/src #lynx www.linuxvirtualserver.org 

Then press the down arrow key until the link you want is highlighted. When you press ENTER on a link that points to a file for downloading, the system will inform you of the file type and then prompt you: D)ownload or C)ancel. After you press D and the download completes, the system will display a screen with "Standard download options: Save to Disk" or "Local additions: View with less" (less is a program that will attempt to display the contents of the file on the screen one screen, or page, at a time).

Highlight "Save to Disk," and press ENTER. Lynx will prompt you for a file name with the downloaded file name already set as the default. You can just press ENTER on this screen, and the file you just downloaded will be saved to whatever directory you were in when you started lynx (/usr/local/src, in this case).

After the downloaded copy of the file is saved to disk, quit out of lynx by pressing the Q key twice.