Re: netscape 4.6
*- On 21 Jul, Pann McCuaig wrote about "Re: netscape 4.6"
> On Sun, Jun 06, 1999 at 02:54:17PM -0500, Brian Servis wrote:
>> http://widget.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis/netscape-base-4_14_i386.deb.
>> Before you install this though you will need to install the libwww-perl
>> and liburi-perl packages from unstable(it would be great if they were
>> in the above archive as well), they do not need libc6(>=2.1) so this is
>> not a problem. The easiest way to install them is to use dpkg on one
>> line:
>>
>> dpkg -i liburi-perl_1.01-1.deb libwww-perl_5.42-1.deb netscape-base-4_14_i386.deb
>
> Brian,
>
> I was delighted when I read this message because I've been putting off
> trying Netscape 4.6 because of the netscape-base-4_14 issue.
>
> Well, there's more trouble in river city. The liburi-perl and
> libwww-perl packages in potato are newer than the ones you cite, and
> they run into the perl5 mess that's still settling out in potato.
>
> I'll CC this to netgod in the hopes that he'll add the appropriate
> packages to his WONDERFUL http://netgod.net/x/ site that will enable us
> to actually install the latest netscape in slink.
>
> And then there's RealAudio . . . ;->
>
> Cheers,
> Pann
Yes, that is a problem. This solution that I posted was before potato
started its perl upgrade. You may be able to build the source packages
for these on your slink system. I have not tried this for the the perl
dependent packages so YMMV.
--
Brian
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