On Sun, 3 Aug 1997, Travis Cole wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > On 03-Aug-97 Dave Cinege wrote: > >On Sun, 3 Aug 1997 08:58:29 -0400 (EDT), Randy Edwards wrote: > > > >>On Sat, 2 Aug 1997, Rick Macdonald wrote: > >> > >>> Strange, when I look all I see is an empty directory at > >>> ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.02/4.02b7/english/unix > >> > >> It's only on some ftp servers. I found it on ftp25; others gave me the > >>same empty directory as what you found. > > > >I was able to grab it....over 9mb!!! > > > >What happened to the netscape beta install package? I went to install it, > >and even ftp.debian.org doesn't have it in contrib. > > > >Is it being updated for b7, or did it just vanish? Damn, I'm getting so > >spoiled by Debian I don't even want to run an install script : P > >Been a LONG time since I compiled anything beside kernels.... > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Elite MicroComputers 908-541-4214 http://www.psychosis.com/emc/ > > > > Don't worry about the install script. I alwasy install Netscape with it > because I don't want to wait for the debian install package. > > The install script for b7 is pretty good. It asks you where you wan't to put > it. I use the default, /usr/local/netscape. Then it goes and installs. It > you have an older version sitting there it keeps all the old stuff intact and > just renames them, I guess this would be good if for some reason the new > version doesn't work and you wan't to go back to the old one without > reinstalling it. > > But I didn't want to waste the disk space so I just deleted to old one, ran > the > install script and all it good. I also made a soft link in /usr/local/bin to > the netscape executable in /usr/local/netscape. Now I I wan't to uninstall it > is about 3 commands harder than if I had installed the DEB. cd to /usr/local > and then rm -r netscape then cd to /usr/local/bin and rm netscape and I am > done, besides the .netscape files in user directorys. > > But I think you can trust it. And the deb doen't make it much easier.
The wrapper script that the .deb installs sets up the correct variables so that you don't have a problem and don't have to edit your .bashrc or similar file. It also prevents netscape from being run as root, which depending on your opinion (but should be) is a good thing. Shaya -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
