Getting lynx to work on shared hosting after the error Lynx file “/etc/lynx.lss” is not available.

Getting the error message:

Lynx file "/etc/lynx.lss" is not available.

Try this:

touch ~/lynx.lss

Edit ~/.bashrc and add this:

alias lynx='lynx -lss=~/lynx.lss'

Reload bash — done and done.