Re: apt-get install netscape

[Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>]

> I tried using apt-get to install netscape. It prompted me to insert my potato CD. Then I got this error msg durring the install.
> Setting up netscape3 (3.04-8) ...
> 
> ERROR: The Netscape archive must be in /tmp under the name:
>        /tmp/netscape-v304-export.x86-unknown-linux-elf.tar.[gz|Z]
> 
>        Do NOT simply rename the archive of another version in order to
>        force it to install with this package.  It will not work.
> 
>        Archive files can be found on at:
>            ftp://archive.netscape.com/archive/navigator/3.01/unix/
>            netscape-v304-export.x86-unknown-linux-elf.tar.gz
> 
> dpkg: error processing netscape3 (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  netscape3
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> 	I am very new to Debian and the apt-get utility. Any ideas?
> 


netscape-v304-export.x86-unknown-linux-elf.tar.gz can (could?) not be 
distributed on Debian CD. Therefore, the relevant Debian package is only an 
installer. It expect the tar ball (*.tar.gz) to be in the /tmp directory with 
the name specified.
If you insists on installing this specific netscape version, you have to find 
that file and download it to the /tmp directory. It could be that it is still 
in the specified location, ftp://archive.netscape.com/archive/navigator/3.01/un
ix/netscape-v304-export.x86-unknown-linux-elf.tar.gz


> --eric
> 
> 
> -- 
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org 
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
> 

-- 

	Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>