On Fri, 9 Feb 2001 17:21:12 -0800, Brian Frederick Kimball said: > Pollywog wrote: > > > I am trying to install the netscape4 package, but it complains that > > xpm4g is not installed. The latter package has been replaced by > > another which IS installed, but netscape4 won't hear of it. > > > > I tried 'dpkg --force-conflicts -i netscape4_xyz.i386.deb' but I > > still can't get it installed. > > Use --force-depends, not --force-conflicts. > > Or better yet, don't install an out-of-date package that is about to > be removed from testing and unstable. If you want the latest netscape > 4 (4.76), either get the meta "netscape" package, or install all the > non-meta packages whose versions are 4.76-1 and names are navigator[..] > or communicator[..] (depending on which one you want).
I will try the last alternative. I did not see an installer called "communicator", though. thanks -- Andrew
