Re: netscape won't reinstall
/usr/bin/X11/communicator is not the binary, but is a symlink to
/etc/alternatives/communicator, which is a symlink to
/usr/lib/netscape/476/communicator/communicator-smotif, which is a
symlink to /usr/lib/netscape/base-4/wrapper, which is a script which
does a bunch of things, including figuring out what binary to run, and
eventually calls the actual binary,
/usr/lib/netscape/476/communicator/communicator-smotif.real
As you can see, this is all quite straightforward :^)
It sounds like your installation has some problems. I would recommend
a dpkg --purge on any netscape|navigator|communicator packages and
removal of all remaining traces in /usr/bin/X11 or /etc/alternatives
then installation of just plain "communicator" or "navigator", which
are meta-packages with dependencies to the needed packages. Be sure to
get the versions from security.debian.org.
Or you can chuck the whole thing and install mozilla or opera!
Bob
On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 07:24:52AM -0600, ktb wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 11:52:28PM -0700, Jason Majors wrote:
> > You should have /usr/bin/X11/communicator, which is a symlink to
> > /etc/alternatives/communicator, which is a script that will run netscape or
> > mozilla depending on the situation. I just discovered that this morning and
> > haven't had the time to dig thru to find the binary to run for netscape, but
> > running /usr/bin/X11/communicator, without mozilla up at the time, should give
> > you netscape 4.76.
> >
>
> This is what I have -
> $ /usr/bin/X11/communicator
> bash: /usr/bin/X11/communicator: No such file or directory
>
> It's like the install installs everything but the binary.
> kent
>
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