check links in web documents or full websites
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Check for broken links in web sites.
Python 3.9 or later is needed. Using pip to install LinkChecker:
pip3 install linkchecker
pipx can also be used to install LinkChecker.
The version in the pip repository may be old, to find out how to get the latest
code, plus platform-specific information and other advice see doc/install.txt
_
in the source code archive.
.. _doc/install.txt: https://linkchecker.github.io/linkchecker/install.html
Execute linkchecker https://www.example.com
.
For other options see linkchecker --help
, and for more information the
manual pages linkchecker(1)
_ and linkcheckerrc(5)
_.
.. _linkchecker(1): https://linkchecker.github.io/linkchecker/man/linkchecker.html
.. _linkcheckerrc(5): https://linkchecker.github.io/linkchecker/man/linkcheckerrc.html
If you do not want to install any additional libraries/dependencies you can use the Docker image which is published on GitHub Packages.
Example for external web site check::
docker run --rm -it -u $(id -u):$(id -g) ghcr.io/linkchecker/linkchecker:latest --verbose https://www.example.com
Local HTML file check::
docker run --rm -it -u $(id -u):$(id -g) -v "$PWD":/mnt ghcr.io/linkchecker/linkchecker:latest --verbose index.html
In addition to the rolling latest image, uniquely tagged images can also be found
on the packages
_ page.
.. _packages: https://github.com/linkchecker/linkchecker/pkgs/container/linkchecker