Re: netscape

[Ed Cogburn <ecogburn@greene.xtn.net>]

MAG wrote:
> 
> Ed Cogburn wrote:
> 
> >         What you've downloaded is the libc5 version of
> > Netscape, but
> > you're system is using libc6.  Netscape requires some of the X
> >
> > libs to, themselves, be compiled under libc5 for NS to work.
> > So,
> > there are libc5-built libs in the oldlibs section in dselect.
> > Specifically:  libc5, xlib6 and Xpm.
> >         A better solution is to get the libc6 version of NS
> > from
> > ftp.netscape.com.  This won't require any older libs to be
> > installed.  On ftp.netscape.com, look for the 'development'
> > tree
> > (instead of 'shipping') for the libc6 versions.
> >
> 
> I am sorry but at ftp://ftp.netscape.com I did not find
> development tree.
> Can you pick the exact location for this.
> Thank you.
> 
> --
> Malinin A. G.


	Your right, they changed the dir names from
'development'/'shipping' to 'unsupported'/'supported'.  Its been a
long time since I dl'ed NS from their ftp site.  Here is the full
path to the v4.5, glibc2 version I used:

ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.5/english/unix/unsupported/linux20_glibc2/complete_install/communicator-v45-export.x86-unknown-linux2.0glibc.tar.gz


-- 
Ed C.