apt-get install netscape Also works well and get all the depends right. I do agree though that three or four installs are about right for learning. I would suggest that you try to apt-get everything you can things IMHO just work better that way. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: kmself@ix.netcom.com Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 18:46:00 -0800
>on Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 12:51:45PM -0600, ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 08:12:22AM -0500, Howell Caton wrote: >> > >> > As a complete newbie, I had to install linux 2.2 several times before I got >> > all the kinks worked out. Each time I downloaded netscape 2.76 from >> > ftp.netscape.com. I'd get the error message "libstdc++=libc6.1-1.so.2 >> > not available". I solved that by linking it to libstdc++=libc6.1-2.so.3, >> > which is probably not relevant, but I don't know for sure. Anyway, it >> > worked. >> > >> > The last time I re-installed, I used netscape 3.? from the Debian >> > distribution. It worked, but was hopelessly outdated. So I downloaded >> > 4.76 again and installed it over my 3.? installation. When I ran it, I got >> > a "bus error" message. Thinking that some files from my 3.? version >> > wer still around causing incompatibitites with 4.76 stuff, I ripped >> > everything out >> > and re-installed 4.76. I still got the "bus error" message. >> > >> > I don't have a clue about how to troubleshoot this problem. Can anyone >> > help? >> > Thanks! >> > >> >> First I don't know why you did the multiple installs of debian. >> Sometimes it is warranted but for the most part you can fix problems >> without reboots and reinstalling. I'm sure you gained some valuable >> install experience though. > >My experience has been that three installs of a new distro are often >warrented: once to see how it works, twice to try to get it right, >thrice to get it right. And yes, it's a good way to learn. Best thing >to do is to keep the install to a minimum, allowing you to cycle through >the sequence quickly. I tend to like to play extensively with >partitioning and such. I almost always find I did something that I'd >prefer to have differently. > >> As to your current dilemma I would suggest you make life easy for >> yourself and use "apt-get." I would clean out the netscape stuff you >> already have and "apt-get install netscape-smotif-476" > >Ditto. > >-- >Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org > >
