Matt Garman wrote:
>
> On Tue, Dec 01, 1998 at 12:01:07PM -0800, Brant Wells wrote:
> > Hey all!
> >
> > I downloaded the *.deb packages for NETSCAPE...when I try to install it
> > using dselect, it won't install... Help!!!
>
> Did you get the *.tar.gz (or *.tgz) file from Netscape? Debian does
> not have a package, as such, for Netscape. The *.deb file you got is
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
No longer true. 'slink' has debs with the real NS binaries in them.
If the poster is using slink, may very well be using NS from a deb
package.
> probally the "installer" package. You need to get the actual Netscape
> binary tarball from Netscape (ftp.netscape.com), put it in your /tmp/
> directory, and you should be set.
>
> good luck
>
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Ed C.
