> OK. I guess I should have been clearer; I HAVE renamed the file, and > put it in /tmp. I then run "dpkg -i netscape_3.01-4.deb" and get the > error above. I think that I may have in fact slightly misinterpreted > the error at first; it seems to be generated by the *post*installation > script. It seems that dpkg is installing whatever supporting files and > creating whatever necessary directories and subdirectories, and then > must be choking on the tar archive, even though I've renamed it and put > it in the proper place. When I try running Netscape from within an X > session using fvwm's built-in application menu, nothing happens. When I > invoke it from the command line, I get the following error:
Do a "ls -l /tmp" and make sure the name matches exactly (and ends in either .tar, .tar.Z, or .tar.gz -- whichever is appropriate for the archive). > /usr/bin/X11/netscape: /usr/lib/netscape/netscape: No such file or > directory > /usr/bin/X11/netscape: exec: /usr/lib/netscape/netscape: cannot execute: > No such file or directory > > Here is the text of the script /usr/lib/netscape/netscape: > > #!/bin/sh > > export MALLOC_CHECK_=0 > export > NPX_PLUGIN_PATH=$HOME/.netscape/plugins:/usr/local/lib/netscape/plugins:/usr/lib/netscape/plugins > > exec /usr/lib/netscape/netscape "$@" > > If anyone has any ideas about what's going on with the installer, or how > I can fix this, please let me know. I did unpack the archive myself at > one point by hand (before I found out about the installer package) using > gunzip and tar, and when I ran the netscape executable, I got the same > error message (/usr/lib/netscape/netscape: no such file or directory). > I therefore think that there's nothing wrong with the archive itself > (aside from having been renamed at one point). And yes, I have tried > transferring the files again to get a pristine copy of the archive on > the machine. You are correct. That error is generated by the netscape package postinst. Brian ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lottery: a tax on people who are bad at math -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .