Sure, if you want.
I used to keep them becuase they take so long to download, but its not
necessary.
JoAnn Elliott wrote:
>
> Thanks for the tips. I successfully uninstalled the netscape 4.6 rpm with
> kpackage. I could not locate any rpms for 4.7 so at the command prompt and
> out of x I used the tar command on the .tar.gz file, then installed
> according to the install instructions that were in there. well, acutally
> used the ./ns-install as the instructions did not tell me to do a ./ before
> it, but "just this girl" said to use that and it worked. All I had to do was
> redirect the icon to the new location of the netscape executable. I feel
> like a million bucks after this!
>
> now, can I remove the install folder/files safely?
>
> Thanks for the tips!
>
> JoAnn
>
> It was wonder
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Caitlyn Martin
> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 5:33 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [techtalk] upgrading to Netscape 4.7
>
> Hi,
> >
> > This will offer you a choice of where to put the new netscape. You can
> > pick the same dir your current netscape is in, and it will copy all the
> > files it replaces to filename.old, so it is possible to undo the
> > change. Or you can pick a new directory if you would like to be extra
> > cautious
>
> It's not in one place under Red Hat or Mandrake. The executable will be in
> /usr/bin, but not the rest. I sure wouldn't recommend installing there!
> That's why I recommended the deletion first.
>
> Different distros, different issues...
>
> Regards,
> Caity
> (running Netscape 7.0 under Red Hat 6.0 at home, but pure MS in the office
> :( )
>
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