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                               LYNX - The Text Web-Browser

     * [2](top)
     * [3]Synopsis
     * [4]Development
     * [5]Win32 Installers
          + [6]Archives
          + [7]Direct
     * [8]Other Resources
          + [9]Primary
          + [10]Packages
          + [11]Comments

Synopsis

   Lynx is a fully featured World-Wide Web browser for users on both Unix and VMS
   platforms who are connected to those systems via cursor-addressable,
   character-cell terminals or emulators. That includes VT100 terminals, and
   desktop-based software packages emulating VT100 terminals (e.g., Kermit, Procomm,
   etc.).

Changes

   The [12]Lynx Development page gives some background on ongoing development.

Win32 Installers

   Before each patch-release, I (usually) do a test-build on Windows. That builds
   several flavors, which I use in testing. Along with that, since 2007, I have made
   packages for a few of these executables. Although starting with release 2.8.9,
   Lynx will build/run as a 64-bit executable, these are 32-bit executables which
   will run on a 64-bit Windows system:
     * built with curses (not color-style).
       This is the older color-scheme used by Lynx, from 1996. Links and form-fields
       are colored.
       It happens that this flavor of the Windows executables requires [13]OpenSSL
       to run. Your machine may already have OpenSSL installed; many programs use
       it. If not, you might find the "light" version from [14]this page useful.
       While the Lynx Windows installer added support for the SSL libraries in
       [15]2017, the [16]Internet Archive shows that the page has been around far
       longer (first crawled in 2004).
       There are two executables, depending on whether you use the "old" or "new"
       OpenSSL libraries:

        "Cur" (version 3.0.x)
                You will need these DLLs, either in Lynx's directory or in your
                system32 directory:

               o libssl-1_3.dll
               o libcrypto-3.dll

                I have tested Lynx using those DLLs in Lynx's directory.

        "New" (version 1.1.1)
                I used these to run the 32-bit Lynx executables on Windows 7 (again,
                either in Lynx's directory or in your system32 directory):

               o libssl-1_1.dll
               o libcrypto-1_1.dll

       For both choices, you will need the [17]Microsoft Visual C++ distributables,
       i.e., vcruntime140.dll (for Visual Studio 2015 or later).
       Beginning with [18]2.8.9dev.17, the installer helps you select the DLLs,
       provided that they are in the same directory. It does this by a
       file-selection dialog that matches only the SSL-library (ssleay32.dll or
       libssl-1_1.dll).
       The other installers do not require OpenSSL, but since they do not have
       support for OpenSSL compiled-in, will not connect to https URLs.
       Lynx also builds/works with the "old" version of OpenSSL (up to 1.0.2), but
       the OpenSSL developers have abandoned that line of development, and DLLs are
       no longer offered. Those were named based on the win32 API, which did not
       make it simple to see if they were actually 64-bit:
          + libeay32.dll (replaced by libssl-1_1.dll)
          + ssleay32.dll (replaced by libcrypto-1_1.dll)
       In the more recent versions, the names in each case (new, cur) are related to
       whether the DLLs are 32-bit or 64-bit (in the latter, a "-x64" is inserted).
     * built with curses (color-style)
       The "color-style" refers to the newer scheme where different HTML tags can be
       colored. It gives a better sense of the page's structure than highlighting
       links, and has been the default configuration since release 2.8.6 in October
       2006.
       Both of the curses configurations are built using [19]PDCurses.
     * built with slang
       This is built using the [20]slang library. The color scheme is like the first
       installer (essentially only coloring links and form-fields), but slang
       provides brighter background colors in a console window.

   In the list below, "release" refers to the latest stable release, while "current
   patch" is the more recent development version.

   I built all of these using Visual Studio on Windows 10 and 11 machines:
     * They are 32-bit executables (though it is possible to build Lynx as 64-bit
       executables, I have installed the 32-bit executables on 64-bit operating
       systems without problems.
     * The installers should work with Windows 7 or later.
       They will not work with older versions of Windows, e.g., Windows XP. See
       [21]ieshims.dll missing for possible solutions.

   Here are screenshots showing the DLL [22]dependencies:
     * "Old" OpenSSL

     [23]Old OpenSSL dependencies
     * "New" OpenSSL

     [24]Old OpenSSL dependencies

   That said, here are links to the Lynx installers on my website:

  Win32 installers (Direct)

     * Stable release
          + [25]"old" SSL
          + [26]"new" SSL
          + [27]curses (color-style)
          + [28]slang
     * Development version (current patch):
          + [29]"cur" SSL
          + [30]"new" SSL
          + [31]curses (color-style)
          + [32]slang

  Win32 installers (Archives)

   All files are here: [33]https://invisible-island.net/archives/lynx/
     * Stable release
          + [34]"cur" SSL
          + [35]"new" SSL
          + [36]curses (color-style)
          + [37]slang
     * Development version (current patch)
          + [38]"cur" SSL
          + [39]"new" SSL
          + [40]curses (color-style)
          + [41]slang
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   Viewable with any browser; [42]valid HTML.

References

   1. https://invisible-island.net/
   2. https://invisible-island.net/lynx/lynx.html
   3. https://invisible-island.net/lynx/#synopsis
   4. https://invisible-island.net/lynx/lynx-develop.html
   5. https://invisible-island.net/lynx/#installers
   6. https://invisible-island.net/lynx/#ftp_install
   7. https://invisible-island.net/lynx/#http_install
   8. https://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx-resources.html
   9. https://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx-resources.html#main_links
  10. https://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx-resources.html#packages
  11. https://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx-resources.html#misc_links
  12. https://invisible-island.net/lynx/lynx-develop.html
  13. https://www.openssl.org/
  14. https://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html
  15. https://lynx.invisible-island.net//current/CHANGES.html#v2.8.9dev.12
  16. https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/https://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html
  17. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170
  18. https://lynx.invisible-island.net//current/CHANGES.html#v2.8.9dev.17
  19. https://pdcurses.sourceforge.net/
  20. https://s-lang.org/
  21. https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/8a751f65-ade9-4b8b-a3d3-c720ccbd3d2c/ieshimsdll-missing?forum=w7itproinstall
  22. https://github.com/lucasg/Dependencies
  23. https://invisible-island.net/lynx/images/lynx-oldssl-dependencies.png
  24. https://invisible-island.net/lynx/images/lynx-newssl-dependencies.png
  25. https://invisible-island.net/datafiles/release/lynx-oldssl-setup.exe
  26. https://invisible-island.net/datafiles/release/lynx-newssl-setup.exe
  27. https://invisible-island.net/datafiles/release/lynx-cs-setup.exe
  28. https://invisible-island.net/datafiles/release/lynx-sl-setup.exe
  29. https://invisible-island.net/datafiles/current/lynx-curssl-setup.exe
  30. https://invisible-island.net/datafiles/current/lynx-newssl-setup.exe
  31. https://invisible-island.net/datafiles/current/lynx-cs-setup.exe
  32. https://invisible-island.net/datafiles/current/lynx-sl-setup.exe
  33. https://invisible-island.net/archives/lynx/
  34. https://invisible-island.net/archives/lynx/lynx-curssl-setup.exe
  35. https://invisible-island.net/archives/lynx/lynx-newssl-setup.exe
  36. https://invisible-island.net/archives/lynx/lynx-cs-setup.exe
  37. https://invisible-island.net/archives/lynx/lynx-sl-setup.exe
  38. https://invisible-island.net/archives/lynx/current/lynx-curssl-setup.exe
  39. https://invisible-island.net/archives/lynx/current/lynx-newssl-setup.exe
  40. https://invisible-island.net/archives/lynx/current/lynx-cs-setup.exe
  41. https://invisible-island.net/archives/lynx/current/lynx-sl-setup.exe
  42. https://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Finvisible-island.net%2Flynx%2F