Re: quick question and quick fix

On Thu, 12 Feb 2026, Angel York wrote:

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> i'm a real novice.  my friend installed manjaro on my computer. i
> can use it to open browsers, but that's about it.  what link on the
> resources page should i click to install lynx on my computer?

If possible, you should use your distro's package manager to install
software.

Short version:

To install lynx, as root, in a terminal enter

  pacman -S lynx

but don't do that until you've read enough of the documentation on
your system (man pacman) and confirmed that I'm not giving you
incorrect advice.

Caveat lector: I am an internet stranger handing out free advice about
a linux distro I've never used.

Longer version:

Open a terminal and at the prompt enter

  man pacman

to read about your package manager. I think. I've never used
manjaro. Or Arch. But its a good bet that pacman is it.

You can also read the Archwiki page on pacman,

  https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman#Installing_packages

but I'd start with the man page on your own system, if I were you.

If you get to the part about configuring package mirrors (on the
archlinux wiki), keep in mind that the Arch package mirrors are not
for you. You want pacman to use a Manjaro package mirror. Hopefully
your manjaro-installing friend has already taken care of that part.