*- On 21 Jul, Pann McCuaig wrote about "Re: netscape 4.6" > On Sun, Jun 06, 1999 at 02:54:17PM -0500, Brian Servis wrote: >> http://widget.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis/netscape-base-4_14_i386.deb. >> Before you install this though you will need to install the libwww-perl >> and liburi-perl packages from unstable(it would be great if they were >> in the above archive as well), they do not need libc6(>=2.1) so this is >> not a problem. The easiest way to install them is to use dpkg on one >> line: >> >> dpkg -i liburi-perl_1.01-1.deb libwww-perl_5.42-1.deb >> netscape-base-4_14_i386.deb > > Brian, > > I was delighted when I read this message because I've been putting off > trying Netscape 4.6 because of the netscape-base-4_14 issue. > > Well, there's more trouble in river city. The liburi-perl and > libwww-perl packages in potato are newer than the ones you cite, and > they run into the perl5 mess that's still settling out in potato. > > I'll CC this to netgod in the hopes that he'll add the appropriate > packages to his WONDERFUL http://netgod.net/x/ site that will enable us > to actually install the latest netscape in slink. > > And then there's RealAudio . . . ;-> > > Cheers, > Pann
Yes, that is a problem. This solution that I posted was before potato started its perl upgrade. You may be able to build the source packages for these on your slink system. I have not tried this for the the perl dependent packages so YMMV. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
