On Sun, May 23, 1999 at 06:16:33PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > "Nadarajah, Dinesh" wrote: > > > > I am running into problems getting applications for Debian. > > > > 1. I wanted to get the Communicator 4.5 and so I checked the Debian > > archives. There is a listing for Communicator 4.5 but when I add up the file > > sizes, they don't match nowhere close to the Netscape Binary posting (of > > around 12MB). Are there any other files that I should be installing along > > with these (there are no other dependencies shown on the package listing) > > ??? > > > > 2. I have seen posting on Real G2 player for Linux but I could not find > > it at www.real.com <http://www.real.com> . Is there a G2 player for Linux > > yet or is it still version 5.0? > > > > 3. I wanted to download x11amp (also called winamp in the Windows > > world) to play MP3 files but could not find it anywhere. Any suggestions on > > where I might be able to get a copy (preferably in .deb format)? (Any > > suggestions for a better player are also welcome :-) ). > > > > Thanks. > > > > -D > > Because of licensing issues, Debian doesn't distribute the actual > Netscape program; just the installer. You need to download Communicator > from Netscape's site, copy it to /tmp, then install the Netscape Debian > package (you might need to rename the downloaded file as per the > instructions during the install). This should get you going.
This is no longer the case and navigator and communicator packages exist in both slink and potato (in non-free). There are multiple packages required for the installation. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
