command line internet ???

[gnuoob]

i installed red9 and have ssh setup up on it

right now im at another location using ssh(putty on xp) to get into my box at home and typed:
rpm -q apache ....which said no version installed
i also typed:
rpm -q lynx ...which said no version installed
so how do i surf remotly to download these files from afar?
how do i ftp from the command line and can i download this was as well?

thanks in advance for anything that can help :)

[nouse66]

well assuming you have ftp installed (wich i would think redhat would give you by default)
you just type: ftp server.com

to get a file off the web you can also use wget:
wget http://server.com/file

[dkeav]

if your wanting ftp transfer and download to the local/remote machine, you can use SSH to do so, just run sftp instead of ssh to connect to the local machine, you can use wget to get the files you would like to install as well

[X_console]

Strange that you don't have lynx. What about links? I figured every Linux distribution has at least one of these in the CD.

[serz]

I just checked the Red Hat packages, and it includes "lynx". You probably didn't install it.

If you have the Red Hat cds, you can get from there.

Or ..

wget ftp://speakeasy.rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/9/en/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS/lynx-2.8.5-11.i386.rpm

[gnuoob]

thank you THANK YOU

i love the wget command :)

i was able to download both rpms with it now ..... granted i had to look and find the sites via my xp laptop and then manually type in the long text into the ssh terminal, but that beats not being able to do nothing ;)

thanks again dudes(ets?)