On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 10:02:43PM -0800, Robin Rowe wrote:
> I read somewhere that if I put the Netscape gz file in /tmp then dselect
> will figure out to install it. That doesn't do it. I'm trying to install
> 4.75. What's the procedure?
>
That's the way you used to do it. If your running Potato just -
apt-get install netscape-smotif-472
or whatever version you want. Search for the exact packages at
the debian web site.
> Related question, for gz files that have no debian install smarts at all how
> do I install those? Do I just create a directory somewhere? How do I gunzip
> and untar in one step? Is there an easy/automated way to install a program
> in the WindowMaker menus or do I need to manually config files? If manual,
> what config file do I look for?
>
Stick the tar file in /usr/local
unpack it with "tar xvfz file.tar.gz"
cd to the new directory created and read the documentation there
usually INSTALL or README is a good place to start.
I don't use windowmaker, sorry.
hth,
kent
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