Installing a Web Browser in Linux Server

Question

I have a website which is being hosted by a Linux Server. I can access my files of my website using SSH. I was thinking if it is possible to install a web browser into my linux server so that I can browse websites in it.

I hope you understand what I'm trying to do here.

If that is possible, can you show me how to do it.

Your help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Solution 1

From my understanding of your question, I think you want a visual browser in linux server. there are other several browsers for linux. The easiest one would be

w3m -v http://www.google.com

There is another similar question here.

Solution 2

If you have only SSH access to your server, I'm not sure if a graphical browser would work without installing Xorg on server side, as the packages pull Xorg as a dependency, however you could try to install a Web-Browser from a tar.gz file and forward X over SSH by using ssh -x.

If you just want a command line browser, you should install links.

Comments

[Aaron]

The name of the command line browser you are thinking of is "lynx."

[FSMaxB]

@BryceAtNetwork23 links is based on the source code of lynx, but it's not the same

[Aaron]

Oh ok, my bad then.

[FSMaxB]

Using lynx is also possible, but links is newer and I don't know if lynx is still maintained.

[FSMaxB]

You should read other answeers and comments before saying that no one has mentioned lynx!

[Atem18]

And you should know that when I posted it, the comment wasn't posted yet.

[FSMaxB]

The name of the command line browser you are thinking of is "lynx." – BryceAtNetwork23 Mar 13 at 15:25!!!!!!!! Using lynx is also possible, but links is newer and I don't know if lynx is still maintained. – FSMaxB Mar 13 at 15:30 !!!!!!!!!!! And your answer: answered Mar 13 at 15:43!!!!!!!!!!!

[Atem18]

I started to writing around 15:00. But I posted it around 15:45.

[FSMaxB]

Ok that's comprehensible. I apologize, I didn't mean to be so offensive.