On 29 Jun 2000, Gary Hennigan wrote: > Nitebirdz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I just installed Debian for the first time. It is Debian 2.1 slink. When > > I try to install Netscape via apt-get I get the following error message: > > > > Setting up netscape4 (4.0-15) ... > > > > ERROR: The Netscape archive must be in /tmp, owned by root, > > and under a name matching one of the following: > > communicator*-v4*.x86-*-linux*glibc*.tar* > > navigator*-v4*.x86-*-linux*glibc*.tar* > > > > Archive files can be found on ftp.netscape.com and its mirrors. > > > > dpkg: error processing netscape4 (--install): > > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > netscape4 > > The package in slink is a virtual package, meaning it doesn't actually > contain any netscape programs, it just knows where to install > them. You must manually download the *.tar.gz file from > ftp.netscape.com and make sure you get a version with a file name that > matches the pattern you got above, eg., > > communicator*-v4*.x86-*-linux*glibc*.tar* > > Once you download the file from netscape simply copy it to /tmp and > rerun the installation via apt-get. > > Gary >
That did it! Thanks a lot, Gary! Just one more little question, since I'm new to Debian. How can I notice which packages are virtual and which other are not? ------------------------------ Nitebirdz http://www.linuxnovice.org Tips, articles, news, links...
