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cannot get compiled lynx to work with https.

./configure --with-ssl --with-gnutls --with-gnutls-openssl
make
sudo make install
compile reports (in part):
checking if you want ssl library... yes
checking if you want gnutls support... yes
checking if you want gnutls-openssl compat... no
....
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin//pkg-config
checking pkg-config for openssl... yes

seems to go well. no error messages. lynx installs at /usr/local/bin/lynx

/usr/local/bin/lynx --version
Lynx Version 2.8.9dev.9 (10 Apr 2016)
libwww-FM 2.14, SSL-MM 1.4.1, OpenSSL 1.0.2g-fips, ncurses 6.0.20160213
Built on linux-gnu (Jul  7 2016 09:46:43).

yet, starting /usr/local/bin/lynx, then attempting to access https site fails with message: this client does not contain support for HTTPS URLs

i am running ubuntu 16.04.

further:

sudo apt-get install lynx

works smoothly, installs at /usr/bin/lynx and permits access to HTTPS.

lynx in ubuntu package: 

$/usr/bin/lynx --version
Lynx Version 2.8.9dev.8 (21 Dec 2015)
libwww-FM 2.14, SSL-MM 1.4.1, GNUTLS 3.4.9, ncurses 6.0.20160213(wide)
Built on linux-gnu.

why can't i get the compiled version to do right? surely, i am simply failing to set a flag ... but which?

any suggestions?

thanks in advance for your help.

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iohann fust
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I note that, in spite of your --with-gnutls --with-gnutls-openssl options, your built version does NOT mention GNUTLS, while the working version does.

Re-read all the files in the Lynx package directory that have shouty names (README*,INSTALL,...) and anything whose filename contains TLS, SSL, etc.

waltinator
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