Re: where is netscape 4 in testing?
Alexander Mikhailian wrote:
I recently upgraded to testing and found out that netscape 4 is missing
in the list of packages. Where can I get a working version of netscape 4
for testing?
Well, first I ask myself: Why would anyone use Netscape 4?
Numbers have arrived at 7.1 and there is Mozilla as a free alternative
and there is mozilla-firebird,...
But I guess you have a reason for doing so. So I went to
www.netscape.com and could not find it even there...
Since not even the company that made it supports yesterdays browser, why
should the 'next generation' of Debian?
You can still install it from stable. Seems to work.
"Netscape® Communicator 4.77"
sarge:/home/stw# apt-get install netscape
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
communicator communicator-base-477 communicator-smotif-477
libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1 netscape-base-4
netscape-base-477 netscape-java-477
The following NEW packages will be installed:
communicator communicator-base-477 communicator-smotif-477
libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1 netscape netscape-base-4
netscape-base-477 netscape-java-477
0 packages upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
Need to get 12.6MB of archives. After unpacking 23.3MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
You do need the woody-lines in your sources.list to do that though.
HTH,
Stefan
PS: I found 4.x as tar.gz on netscape's ftp-site:
In
ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/english
there are many versions to choose from.
/pub/communicator/english/4.8/unix/supported/linux22/
complete_install/communicator-v48-us.x86-unknown-linux2.2.tar.gz
seems to be the most current (one line!)
And there is also a hint in the ftp-direcory:
250-ARCHIVED VERSIONS
250-
250-Can't find what you're looking for? Try accessing our archive site at
250-ftp://archive:oldies@archive.netscape.com/archive/index.html to see if
250-the older version you are seeking is listed there.
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