Browse Website Using Linux Command Line Web Browser called ELINKS. With this command line web browser for Linux you can open website very fast. Read here how to use Terminal to browse any website Linux!
Linux Command Line Web Browser Using Elinks
ELinks is an advanced and well-established feature-rich text mode web (HTTP/FTP/..) browser. ELinks can render both frames and tables, is highly customizable and can be extended via Lua or Guile scripts. It is quite portable and runs on many platforms including Linux operating system from Terminal.
Many people would like to have a bookmark system with categories (note that ELinks already supports that, marketing name Hierarchical bookmarks), and also to be able to view them and search for them in an HTML page. I have written an alternative bookmark system (for ELinks), which some people may like better than the standard bookmark system.
ELinks uses neither (n)curses nor termcap/terminfo, so unless you are using a terminal that is known by ELinks and have a built-in configuration (see below for a list), it might be required that you do a little configuring of how your terminal should be handled. The easiest way to do this is by using the Terminal Options dialog located in the Setup submenu of the Main menu.
How to Install ELINKS, The Web Browser on Terminal
Installing ELinks should be pretty easy on most systems. For Linux, you only need to open Terminal and start to type:
sudo apt-get install elinks
Wait until installation completed. Now you can open ELinks after install by clicking Start Menu >> Internet >> ELinks Web Browser, or simply you can open it using Terminal and execute ELinks web browser from Terminal by typing:
elinks
The main window will appear such as image above. Try to open linuxgui.com then hit enter. It will show text only for user to read the information.
Review for ELinks Command Line Web Browser on Linux
This web browser program for Linux to open website on Terminal is quiet good and very fast because it is load text only. No multimedia or picture will be loaded by default.
For you who need text only browser, ELinks is good choice for you. Have a try!