Re: Installing netscape 3.04
On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Tom Kuiper wrote:
> I downloaded the Netscape-3.04 installer from
> http://cgi.debian.org/www-master/debian.org/Packages/unstable/web/netscape3.html
> The download was transparent, that is, my current netscape (3.01) did
> not ask me where to put it.
> I assumed that it was put somewhere where dselect would find it.
This is probably an incorrect assumption. Dselect generally needs a
correct Packages file in order to know where to find the debs it is to
install (the floppy method being the exception.)
> I next tried dselect/Install, but the package was not found. What did I
> do wrong?
Easy use of dselect requires a correctly structured archive. If you want
to make very specific actions on seperate packages already on your system,
just use dpkg yourself, instead of letting dselect do it for you.
In this case, locate the netscape.deb installer package, make sure the
tarball is in /tmp (or $TMPDIR) and has the correct filename and run
dpkg -i netscape3.deb
Cheers,
Joost
PS: there's a netscape4.05 out there as well, in case you're interested.
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