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lynx: https how to

step1: Compile lynx with ssl support

cd lynx source folder

./configure –with-ssl

step2:  make ; make install

To avoid local ssl error prompts/complains,  Open lynx.cfg make following change:

step3:  FORCE_SSL_PROMPT:yes

thats all!. you should be able to crawl https pages using lynx now.

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This was written by Vivek Khokhar. Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2007, at 1:03 am. Filed under Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

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