Re: how to install slink netscape?
Eric wrote:
>
> I am really confused and I feel like I shouldn't be. I recently upgraded
> to slink so I figured I would go from the old netscape deb package
> (netscape4) to the new format (netscape-base-45b2). So I ended up
> removing netscape4 (since it conflicts with the new netscape package) and
> installing netscape-base-45b2, netscape-base-4 (since it is necessary for
> installing netscape-base-45b2), netscape-java-whatever, and plugger. All
> seemed to go fine and I was very pleased. I went under the assumption
> that the actual netscape binaries were now included in these packages...is
> this wrong? When I tried to run netscape, it wasn't there. I don't have
> a /usr/X11R6/bin/netscape (which I think should probably be a link to
> /usr/lib/netscape/45b2/wrapper or something). All I seem to have are the
> wrappers...no real netscape binaries. I find this odd since the package
> installed fine and didn't tell me to do anything. What stupid thing am I
> doing?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric.
>
The actual NS binaries are in 'communicator-xxx' packages. In my case
(NS 4.07), I have 'communicator-base-407' and 'communicator-smotif-407'
packages. If you have Motif you can use 'xxx-dmotif-407' package.
--
Ed C.
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