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, -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Inc. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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