>To: "KTB ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Communicator Installation >Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 10:46:43 +1030 >From: Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> I believe I did this already by going through dselect. Selecting the >> Netscape4 install program, after copying the communicator-v45...tar.gz >> file to /tmp. That didn't work. What you are sugesting seems to be the >> same except in my case dselect used dpkg. If I am not correct in this >> please let me know. > >I think you posted to the list before that you got an error: > >gzip:stdin:unexpected end of file >tar: unexpected EOF on archive file >tar: Child returned status 1 >tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > > >This is most likely because the communicator file you downloaded was >corrupted. That is, it wasn't downloaded properly. > >I recommend that you try downloading it again with the "ncftp" command. >You need to install the ncftp package, then do > ncftp ftp.netscape.com > >then cd to the appropriate directory and download the communicator >file again. Ncftp tends to be quite good for downloading. > >I hope this helps. > >Cheers, > >Mark. > >P.S. I'm about to go on holidays, so you will have to rely on others on >the list to help you further. >
D'jinnie set up Ncftp and downloaded the first Communicator file I downloaded. I got errors then too. I will see if I can figure it out and do it all again. Thanks, Have a nice holiday! Kent ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
