Also refer to The Utilitarian Guide to Building and Installing Lynx for additional assistance.
Lynx requires curses, slang, color curses, or ncurses libraries to compile.
If none of these are not installed properly, Lynx will not compile or work correctly. The configure script will automatically attempt to use color curses. Another useful tip for compilation is to point Lynx to the help file on the local machine. It is recommended that you use the local help file. An example is provided near that setting.