Brian Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BM> I've downloaded netscape's tarball, and unzipped it with gunzip. BM> Now how do I access it to run the ns-install script? I guess I BM> need a basic lesson in "What's a tarball? Is it anything like a BM> tarbaby?" Is it like a zipped file in dos?
A tarball is sort of like a zipped (but uncompressed) file in DOS, yeah. You can manipulate a .tar file with the tar command: tar tf <file> .tar -> short listing tar tvf <file> .tar -> long listing tar xf <file> unpacks .tar in current directory tar xvf <file> unpacks .tar in current directory and lists files Add a 'z' in the tar options to add an automatic gunzip, which will let you manipulate .tar.gz files directly. In the specific case of Netscape, the easiest thing to do is drop the (compressed) tarball in the /tmp directory, and install the netscape3 or netscape4 package, as appropriate. This will unpack the tarball, install files in the correct places, and put Netscape in the Debian menu tree. -- _____________________________ / \ "Dad was reading a book called | David Maze | _Schroedinger's Kittens_. Asexual | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | reproduction? Only one cat is in the box." | http://donut.mit.edu/dmaze/ | -- Abra Mitchell \_____________________________/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
