Re: Stupid Netscape question
I seem to be missing libxpm.so.4 or so my system tells me when I try to run
netscape. While in Linux I can't download it from anywhere! Suposedly
there is a ver. ...so.4.8, never saw it, but I did find a few places with
4.7, but I couldn't figure out a way to download it. None of the ftp
programs seem to work at the places that have it. (Lynx dosn't work, and the
other browser (I forgot the name of it) dosn't seem capable of downloading
files. Where can I get this library?
I guess I'll need to get it with windows, mount the win drive and move it to
linux. This is what I did with my 1st install of netscape and maybe why it
wouldn't work?
Kelly Corbin wrote:
> I was browsing the mailing list and thought I could offer a hand if at
> all possible. One thing I notice in most channels of help (HOW-TO'S,
> mailing lists) is that they assume too much. Here is what I think you
> need to do.
>
> 1. unzip netscape with "gzip -dc filename | tar -xvf -" replacing
> "filename" with the file name of your download. Remember, you can save
> trying to type that long filename by typing the first few characters and
> then hitting tab (I am not sure how new you are to this so I thought I
> would mention it anyway, I just think that is one of the best things
> about Linux!).
>
> 2. Run the shell scrip "./ns-install" If that doesn't work I think
> that your download is messed up.
>
> 3. Run it by going the the install directory, usually
> /usr/local/netscape and typing ./netscape
>
> If that doesn't work, make sure you have a correct version of Netscape.
> Netscape has an unsupported version of Communicator 4.5 for glibc that
> worked well for me. You can get it from any of Netscapes ftp sites.
> The one they give you on the web page is only libc5.
>
> I hope this has helped. If it hasn't, let me know what else is wrong
> and I might be able to help. If you already got it figured out, sorry I
> wasted your time.
>
> Kelly Corbin
> kjc4286@ksu.edu
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