Vincent Murphy wrote:
>
> > The v4 installer assumes it is installing the libc5 version of NS,
> > thus
> > it has dependancies on the libc5 package. We now have libc6 versions of
> > NS, but there hasn't yet been an update to these Deb installers. So you
> > did what you had to do (install NS without the Deb installer). I did
>
> What exactly is the rationale behind the deb installer? Whats wrong with
> putting
> everything in /usr/local/netscape?
>
> --vinny
Well, if it worked (and it does work for the libc5 version of NS), it
would make installing NS easier for a newbie. The only problem is
simply the recent release of a new version of NS and an ongoing
'development' release of NS linked against libc6. The deb installers
haven't been improved to deal with these recent additions/changes. Once
this update is done though, it would be better to use deb installers
then installing manually. Since /usr/local is dedicated to locally
installed software (outside of the scope of dpkg), there isn't anything
*wrong* with installing NS manually to /usr/local.
--
Ed C.
