Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

> Hardly an issue. Just do: > $ apt -s install dbus-x11 > NOTE: This is only a simulation! > apt needs root privileges for real execution. > Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated, > so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation! > Reading package

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

On Thu 29 Sep 2022 at 12:42:30 (+), jindam, vani wrote: > > unicorn:~$ apt install sl > > E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: > > Permission denied) > > E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), > > are you root? > so, debian

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

On Wed 28 Sep 2022 at 17:01:41 (+), jindam, vani wrote: > > Hmm. The documentation isn't great. > registration is not compulsory, > anybody can edit it, feel free to contribute. > > > If the OP can't figure this out on their own, it might be time for them > > to seek help from a dedicated

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

> unicorn:~$ apt install sl > E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: > Permission denied) > E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), > are you root? so, debian on device **warns** & **refuses** to download package. without thinking

Choice of browser? [WAS Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html]

On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 08:02:54AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2022-09-29 at 07:49, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > There are hints in this thtread as to where to configure your > > default browser. Update-alternatives is probably your friend here. If > > all of this is just to run the

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

On 2022-09-29 at 07:49, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > There are hints in this thtread as to where to configure your > default browser. Update-alternatives is probably your friend here. If > all of this is just to run the Wikipedia cleaner application, then > you may well want a GUI browser anyway to

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 04:47:37AM +, jindam, vani wrote: > > That puts quite a new complexion on the thread here called > > "how disable apt downloads w/o sudo". > > It might be worth being a bit more revealing about the > > system that you're running so that you don't waste other > >

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

> > That puts quite a new complexion on the thread here called > > "how disable apt downloads w/o sudo". > > It might be worth being a bit more revealing about the > > system that you're running so that you don't waste other > > people's time, and your own, with red herrings. > > as normal user

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

On 2022-09-29 at 07:22, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 04:47:37AM +, jindam, vani wrote: > >> as normal user i expected apt to show **some kind** of warning >> without providing root password installation of package will fail. > > unicorn:~$ apt install sl > E: Could not

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 04:47:37AM +, jindam, vani wrote: > as normal user i expected apt to show **some > kind** of warning without providing > root password installation of package > will fail. unicorn:~$ apt install sl E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13:

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

> That puts quite a new complexion on the thread here called > "how disable apt downloads w/o sudo". > It might be worth being a bit more revealing about the > system that you're running so that you don't waste other > people's time, and your own, with red herrings. as normal user i expected apt

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

> Hmm. The documentation isn't great. registration is not compulsory, anybody can edit it, feel free to contribute. > If the OP can't figure this out on their own, it might be time for them > to seek help from a dedicated WPCleaner support community. People who > actually know and use the

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

On 2022-09-28, David Wright wrote: > > So I think you mentioned userland.app or something. > Does that mean you're running all this on a mobile phone? > Its wikipedia says "UserLAnd does not require a root account." > That puts quite a new complexion on the thread here called > "how disable apt

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

On Wed 28 Sep 2022 at 05:06:33 (+), jindam, vani wrote: > > A line like: > > export BROWSER=lynx > > in /etc/profile may help. > > i have updated ~/.profile, but it is not working > > > You don't indicate your desktop, which may be significant. > i am trying to use debian with least >

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

On 9/28/22 06:01, jindam, vani wrote: So you use openbox... and what, startx? Or some Display Manager (DM)? i have installed debian on userland app. trying to use or familiarise with linux. i think i am not using any DM. Also, how are you launching your "default browser"? Please be precise

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 09:35:39AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > It's apparently an application: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WPCleaner Hmm. The documentation isn't great. On it says: For Mac and Linux, there's a

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

On 2022-09-28 at 09:29, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 01:01:05PM +, jindam, vani wrote: >>> Are you clicking underlined URLs in a terminal emulator (if so, >>> which one)? Clicking links in a GUI mail user agent (if so, >>> which one)? Something else? >> >> i am trying to

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 01:01:05PM +, jindam, vani wrote: > > So you use openbox... and what, startx? Or some Display Manager (DM)? > i have installed debian on userland app. I don't know what that means. Is that some sort of virtualization environment? Are you running Debian as a "guest

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

> So you use openbox... and what, startx? Or some Display Manager (DM)? i have installed debian on userland app. trying to use or familiarise with linux. i think i am not using any DM. > Also, how are you launching your "default browser"? Please be precise > and specific. right clicking

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 05:06:33AM +, jindam, vani wrote: > i am trying to use debian with least > packages. i dont have any desktop > environment. i have installed base system > + mc, default-jre, openbox, palemoon, lynx. So you use openbox... and what, startx? Or some Display Manager

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

> Try "_" (underscore) instead. That way the string "SENSIBLE_BROWSER" is > interpreted by the shell as one whole variable name. $ echo $SENSIBLE_BROWSER its blank > It ist also good to copy the command and the output completey into mails > so everybody can exactly see what happened. pearl

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

> Interesting, what does echo $"-browser" return? What does echo > "$-BROWSER" return? jindam@localhost:~$ -BROWSER -bash: -BROWSER: command not found regards, jindam, vani toots: @jindam_v...@c.im others: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jindam_vani > I'm on a system other than debian now

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

Am Mittwoch, 28. September 2022 schrieb jindam, vani: > > It may be necessary to disable SENSIBLE-BROWSER. echo > > $SENSIBLE-BROWSER to see if it's loaded. > > $ echo $SENSIBLE-BROWSER > it shows "-BROWSER" Shell variables can't contain "-", so this is probably a typo. Then the shell replaces

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

Am Mittwoch, 28. September 2022 schrieb Jude DaShiell: > Interesting, what does echo $"-browser" return?  What does echo > "$-BROWSER" return? > I'm on a system other than debian now otherwise I'd have answers for > you on both counts. $ echo "$-browser" himBHsbrowser $ echo "$-BROWSER"

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

Interesting, what does echo $"-browser" return? What does echo "$-BROWSER" return? I'm on a system other than debian now otherwise I'd have answers for you on both counts. Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

September 28, 2022 at 12:22 PM, "Jude DaShiell" wrote: > > It may be necessary to disable SENSIBLE-BROWSER. echo $SENSIBLE-BROWSER > to see if it's loaded. $ echo $SENSIBLE-BROWSER it shows "-BROWSER" $SENSIBLE-BROWSER launches lynx in terminal regards, jindam, vani toots: @jindam_v...@c.im

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

It may be necessary to disable SENSIBLE-BROWSER. echo $SENSIBLE-BROWSER to see if it's loaded. Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) . On Wed, 28 Sep 2022, jindam, vani wrote: >

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

> A line like: > export BROWSER=lynx > in /etc/profile may help. i have updated ~/.profile, but it is not working > You don't indicate your desktop, which may be significant. i am trying to use debian with least packages. i dont have any desktop environment. i have installed base system + mc,

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

On Wed, 28 Sep 2022 01:23:27 + "jindam, vani" wrote: > i have installed debian bullseye on userland > app. i have disabled recomnend packages for my > entire packages. i have installed openbox. when > i click "web browser" it does not launch > "lynx browser". i have changed x-www-browser

Re: how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

A line like: export BROWSER=lynx in /etc/profile may help. Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) . On Wed, 28 Sep 2022, jindam, vani wrote: > hello debian-users, > > good morning

how do i configure lynx browser as default browser for html

hello debian-users, good morning !?!?! i have installed debian bullseye on userland app. i have disabled recomnend packages for my entire packages. i have installed openbox. when i click "web browser" it does not launch "lynx browser". i have changed x-www-browser to lynx. how do i