Hi, I went ahead and got the newer version. I installed it and it seems to be working now. it's at... ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.5/english/unix/unsupportedlinux20 glibc/complete install/ and then you're in the dir. with the newer version and instructions. Good luck!
Chris Ryan wrote: > Ed Cogburn wrote: > > > > Chris Ryan wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Further to this problem: I assumed that netscape is libc5 only, and > > > > There is a libc6 version of NS Communicator on ftp.netscape.com. > > As you go deeper in the path, select the 'unsupported' branch when > > you come to it. The libc6 based Communicator tarballs have > > 'glibc2' in their name (glibc2=libc6). > > > > > redirected library loads to /usr/lib/libc5-compat (using > > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH). This found the libc5 versions of most libraries, and > > > > I haven't found LD_LIBRARY_PATH necessary, at least it wasn't > > necessary for wp8 (also libc5 based). Just make sure the > > libc5-compat paths are in /etc/ld.so.conf, and you've updated > > things with 'ldconfig'. > > > > > the libg++.so.27 and libstdc++.so.27 that are ONLY in the libc5 > > > directory. But this showed that a library libXpm.so.4 was not found. > > > This appears to be only in the libc6 set. > > > > > > This is very confusing. It appears that netscape uses both libc5 > > > libraries (libg++.so.27 and libstdc++.so.27) as well as libc6 ones (eg. > > > libXpm.so.4). But this is unlikely/impossible, as far as I can see. So, > > > is there a libc5 version of libXpm.so.4 somewhere? > > > > > > Cheers, Chris. > > > > It is confusing, alas. What you stumbled on is the fact that NS > > Communicator (or are you using the limited 'navigator' version?) > > is built against both libc6 and *X Window* libs. The problem is > > the X libs NS wants *themselves* have to be built under libc5. So > > the libs in usr/lib/libc5-compat/ are mainly X libs that are > > needed for this reason. The libc5 lib itself is in /lib/. The > > Xpm lib you're looking for is a libc5-built X Window lib. So to > > get NS working, you need 'libc5', 'xlib6', and 'xpm4.7' from the > > 'oldlibs' section as displayed in dselect. > > At the moment I can't remember if the C++ libs are important. I > > *think* the old libc5 versions of NS can use the current ones. On > > the other hand I have an older version of libstdc++ installed > > (oldlibs section), and I don't know why. > > > > -- > > Ed C. > > Thanks for this Ed. I'm new to Linux, and so there's alot of info in > your message here to think about... But I'm still unclear on a couple of > things: > > 1. I got NS Communicator (not just the base nav as I implied) by > following the www download links on NS home page. As you say, this > appears to be libc5. > > 2. I have NS working now by installing xpm4.7 (libc5 version of > libXpm.so.4 from /oldlibs) and by using LD_LIBRARY_PATH assigned to > /usr/lib/libc5-compat. (I now have a script linked from /usr/lib that > uses LD_LIBRARY_PATH.) > > 3. I worry about having both /usr/lib/libc5-compat and X11 libs both in > a search list (this I assume is what /etc/ld/so/conf is - I look in a > moment...). This is because both /usr/lib/libc5-compat and > /usr/X11R6/lib both have identical library link names for many libraries > that NS uses. You can test this by using ldd and in turn making the load > path look in each directory first. NS finds the libraries in both areas. > On a search path list, it will just use the ones it finds first, > irrespective of whether they are libc5 or libc6. Is this not so? > > Cheers, Chris. > -- > +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Dr. Chris > Ryan | > | CSIRO Exploration and Mining email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | 51 Delhi Road (PO box 136) phone: +61-2-9490 > 8673 | > | North Ryde NSW 2113 fax: +61-2-9490 > 8909 | > | > Australia. > | > | > | > | WWW (Cu-Au group): > http://www.syd.dem.csiro.au/research/hydrothermal/ | > | WWW (Proton > Probe): | > | > http://www.syd.dem.csiro.au/research/hydrothermal/chris/PM_main.html | > | WWW (Mantle Petrology group): > http://www.syd.dem.csiro.au/research/mantle/ | > | WWW (Me): > http://www.syd.dem.csiro.au/unrestricted/people/RyanChris/ | > | > | > +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
