Re: Loosing communicator file
On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, KTB wrote:
> I did exactly steps 1 through 4 again and this time got an error message
> saying the file had to be owned by root. Does that mean I have to
> download the file while signed in as root? I was in root during the
> attempt at installation. I was not in root during the download. I
> looked the file was in /tmp. I then tried to move the file out of /tmp
> using mv before I lost it and it didn't work again. The file is lost
> because I have to use email through windows and have to reboot because I
> can't figure out how to use email. It seems to me if I can't move a
> file from one directory to another there must be something wrong. I
> put:
> mv communicator (I then hit tab) /usr
> it seems to me, from what I read, I am doing it correctly but it doesn't
> work, this is maddening. The only thing I have been able to do by
> myself is install the root and get my mouse to work. After three weeks
> and with five books.
> Kent
I can understand your frustration. It IS a totally different world.
Of course you've already learned that unlike Windows, Debian cleans out
the /tmp directory on reboot. The loss of that file was unfortunate, but
months from now you'll laugh at the mistake, and feel a bit betrayed by
the Dark Side for training you to think a temp directory doesn't
really mean temporary.
Believe it or not, you're making progress.
I suspect that the Communicator file has a permissions issue. Do an
ls -l
in the directory where the file is and let us see the line pertaining to
Communicator.
Also, you might try to su to root to move the file. This should verify if
it's a permissions issue or not.
>
>
> Andrew Ivanov wrote:
>
> > Ok. Here is what you need to do:
> > 1. Download the installer and dependancy packages for Netscape.
> > 2. Download Netscape communicator 4.,5 from Netscape website.
> > 3. Place the actual netscape source code (13M or so) into /tmp
> > 4. WITHOUT rebooting (reboot cleasn your /tmp directory) run dselect and
> > install the installer package.
> > During installation of installer, it will attempt to install Netscape
> > itself.
> >
> > Andrew
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