Re: Problems installing Netscape
On 29 Jun 2000, Gary Hennigan wrote:
> 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
>
That did it! Thanks a lot, Gary!
Just one more little question, since I'm new to Debian. How can I notice
which packages are virtual and which other are not?
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