Re: maxalbert: How big IS it?
On Sun, Aug 01, 1999 at 05:21:29PM -0400, maxalbert@juno.com wrote:
>
> On Sun, 01 Aug 1999 02:06:12 -0500 John Foster <jfoster@augustmail.com>
> writes:
> >maxalbert@juno.com wrote:
> >>
> >> Wait! Hold the phone. I tried entering "nslookup ftp.uu.net"
> >and got an address, so I entered "ftp ftp.uu.net" and connected! "ftp
> ftp.netscape.com also connects.
> >> Cripes. Something so simple! Entering ftp.netscape.com from
> >the ftp> prompt gets "invalid command". You have to clear the prompt and
> type in the first "ftp".
> >> Anyway, I went to /pub and found a large "communicator" file.
> >Any chance this may be the holy grail? -- Max
> >_________________________________________________________
> >No, just a dim flicker of light in a long dark tunnel.
> >You need this file
> >
> >/pub/communicator/4.6/english/unix/unsupported/linux20_glibc2/complete_install/communicator-v46-export.x86-unknown-linuxglibc2.0.tar.gz
> >
> >and use the netscape 4 installer from debian. Place the downloaded
> >file in the /tmp directory and when you use dselect to install the
> >netscape4 installer, it will automatically install and set up netscap
> communicator.
> >--
> >John Foster
> >AdVance-Computing Systems
> >jfoster@augustmail.com
> >ICQ# 19460173
> ___________________________________________________________________
>
> John-- On Brian's advice, I went last night to /pub/communicator/4.6
> /english/unix/unsupported/linux20_glibc2/complete_install. First, I
> downloaded the README & checked it out. Then, as root, I started
> downloading communicator-v46-export.x86-unknown-linuxlibc.2.0.tar.gz into
> /tmp. For 3 hours it happily strung #####'s across the screen, until,
> suddenly, it stopped. On another console I checked my connection.
> Terminated. I went to /tmp, and the found file there (or at least part
> of it). Just to see what would happen, I tried to unzip it. The message
> read: "No space left on device."
> Sheesh. My root partition is 40 megs. Am I using the wrong /tmp? How
> big is this file, anyway? It says 15M. -- Max
If the tar.gz is 15 MB and has 50% compression, the untarred archive
would be 30 MB. 15 + 30 = 45; 45 > 40
If you have a lot of space on some other partition, create a directory
there, mv the archive to that directory, rm -rf /tmp, and symlink it to
the larger space.
>
> P.S. Does netscape require X11?
Yes
Bob
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