If you upgrade a Debian 1.3 system to 2.0, or install libc5 on a new 2.0 system, it will have the necessary libc files to meet the dependencies of the netscape4 installer and the installer will successfully install the libc6 version of netscape.
The installer also installs a wrapper script which gets around some of the funny things which occasionally happen running netscape directly (possibly this is no longer a problem with the current versions). It also installs a "universal" plug-in (plugger) which handles many file types. Bob On Mon, 7 Sep 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote: > 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. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
