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Re: can't install Netscape



On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 10:02:43PM -0800, Robin Rowe wrote:
> I read somewhere that if I put the Netscape gz file in /tmp then dselect
> will figure out to install it. That doesn't do it. I'm trying to install
> 4.75. What's the procedure?

apt-get install netscape-browser-475
 
> Related question, for gz files that have no debian install smarts at all how
> do I install those? Do I just create a directory somewhere? How do I gunzip
> and untar in one step? Is there an easy/automated way to install a program
> in the WindowMaker menus or do I need to manually config files? If manual,
> what config file do I look for?

Generally you want to install these in /usr/local.  Sometimes alien
(apt-get install alien) can do something useful with a tar.gz package,
but usually not).

Cheers,

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