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Re: broken package - netscape



Gnana (gnana@mips.biochem.mpg.de) wrote:

> when i try to install netscape in Debian 2.2, i get:
> 
> kabarga:/home/gnana# apt-get install netscape-base-476
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Package netscape-base-476 has no available version, but exists in the database.
> This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and 
> never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents 
> of sources.list
> E: Package netscape-base-476 has no installation candidate
> kabarga:/home/gnana# 
> 
> are the packages broken?

I assume that you are trying to install on an Alpha? If so Netscape is
only available for x86 systems. You can grab the Tru64 UNIX version of
Netscape in RPM from Compaq (which include the libs needed to run it)
and use alien to convert it to a deb. Otherwise you could try a recent
mozilla (NOT the one in Debian for Alphas) and try building it
yourself. Hopefully this will be fixed sometimes soon. If you need
help, let me know. 

HTH,
Ron

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