RE: Netscape beta install package gone... Re: Comunicator 4.02b7
On Sun, 3 Aug 1997, Travis Cole wrote:
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> On 03-Aug-97 Dave Cinege wrote:
> >On Sun, 3 Aug 1997 08:58:29 -0400 (EDT), Randy Edwards wrote:
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> >>On Sat, 2 Aug 1997, Rick Macdonald wrote:
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> >>> Strange, when I look all I see is an empty directory at
> >>> ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.02/4.02b7/english/unix
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> >> It's only on some ftp servers. I found it on ftp25; others gave me the
> >>same empty directory as what you found.
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> >I was able to grab it....over 9mb!!!
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> >What happened to the netscape beta install package? I went to install it,
> >and even ftp.debian.org doesn't have it in contrib.
> >
> >Is it being updated for b7, or did it just vanish? Damn, I'm getting so
> >spoiled by Debian I don't even want to run an install script : P
> >Been a LONG time since I compiled anything beside kernels....
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> Don't worry about the install script. I alwasy install Netscape with it
> because I don't want to wait for the debian install package.
>
> The install script for b7 is pretty good. It asks you where you wan't to put
> it. I use the default, /usr/local/netscape. Then it goes and installs. It
> you have an older version sitting there it keeps all the old stuff intact and
> just renames them, I guess this would be good if for some reason the new
> version doesn't work and you wan't to go back to the old one without
> reinstalling it.
>
> But I didn't want to waste the disk space so I just deleted to old one, ran the
> install script and all it good. I also made a soft link in /usr/local/bin to
> the netscape executable in /usr/local/netscape. Now I I wan't to uninstall it
> is about 3 commands harder than if I had installed the DEB. cd to /usr/local
> and then rm -r netscape then cd to /usr/local/bin and rm netscape and I am
> done, besides the .netscape files in user directorys.
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> But I think you can trust it. And the deb doen't make it much easier.
The wrapper script that the .deb installs sets up the correct variables so
that you don't have a problem and don't have to edit your .bashrc or
similar file. It also prevents netscape from being run as root, which
depending on your opinion (but should be) is a good thing.
Shaya
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