Re: Problems installing Netscape

[Gary Hennigan <glhenni@sandia.gov>]

Nitebirdz <nitebirdz@uswest.net> writes:
> I just installed Debian for the first time.  It is Debian 2.1 slink.  When
> I try to install Netscape via apt-get I get the following error message:
> 
> Setting up netscape4 (4.0-15) ...
> 
> ERROR: The Netscape archive must be in /tmp, owned by root,
>        and under a name matching one of the following:
>              communicator*-v4*.x86-*-linux*glibc*.tar*
>              navigator*-v4*.x86-*-linux*glibc*.tar*
> 
>        Archive files can be found on ftp.netscape.com and its mirrors.
> 
> dpkg: error processing netscape4 (--install):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  netscape4

The package in slink is a virtual package, meaning it doesn't actually
contain any netscape programs, it just knows where to install
them. You must manually download the *.tar.gz file from
ftp.netscape.com and make sure you get a version with a file name that
matches the pattern you got above, eg.,

communicator*-v4*.x86-*-linux*glibc*.tar*

Once you download the file from netscape simply copy it to /tmp and
rerun the installation via apt-get.

Gary