I'm pretty new to Ubuntu server. I'm running
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Ubuntu Description:
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
Release: 12.04
I have installed Lynx via
sudo apt-get install lynx
everything installed fine but when I try to connect to a website it just seems to time out.
When I run lynx google.com it goes to a blank screen with a blue line at the bottom. There is yellow text on the line which says
"Making HTTP connection to google.com"
but it just sits there.
Eventually after 5 – 6 minutes it just goes back to the normal terminal window
If I run the below on its own
lynx
I get the same blue line with the same text
"Making HTTP connection to google.com"
but after 30 seconds or so it briefly turns to a red line with
"alert!: lynx unable to connect to remote host"
written on it.
I have installed lynx locally and it works fine.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Best Answer
With help from the above comments and answers I found the issue. My /etc/enviroments file was blank. I followed the instructions in this question
How do I configure proxies without GUI?
Hope this helps someone else