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Re: How do I install Netscape with Debian?



What works for me is downloading the netscape from the netscape site (for linux
version) and installing it according to their instructions.

"David J. Kanter" wrote:

> I'm confused on how to install Netscape using the available Debian packages.
> >From what I've read, it sounds like all I need to do is: download the
> tarball from Netscape (Linux 2.0 glibc version); put it into the /tmp
> directory; and then apt-get install netscape4, a package which should
> automagically install the tarball for me.
>
> Is this off base?
>
> Why are there so many netscape/navigator/communicator packages listed when I
> run dselect --- smotif, dmotif, base, java, etc.? Do I need any of these, too?
>
> Information overload...
>
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> David J. Kanter
> djkanter@nwu.edu
>
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> and coincidences."
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