"Craig P. McDaniel" wrote: > > Can someone give a quick rundown on the various Netscape packages out > there? I think knowing what to download and what is needed will clear up a > lot of confusion (at least for me :) > > Here are some examples from the [frozen] list: > communicator-base-45 4.5-1 [non-free] > Popular World-Wide-Web browser software (base support) > communicator-dmotif-45 4.5-1 [non-free] > Popular World-Wide-Web browser software (full dynamic Motif version) > communicator-nethelp-45 4.5-1 [non-free] > Popular World-Wide-Web browser software (runtime help files) > communicator-smotif-45 4.5-1 [non-free] > Popular World-Wide-Web browser software (full static Motif version) > communicator-spellchk-45 4.5-1 [non-free] > Popular World-Wide-Web browser software (spelling dictionary) > navigator-base-45 4.5-1 [non-free] > Popular World-Wide-Web browser software (base support) > navigator-dmotif-45 4.5-1 [non-free] > Popular World-Wide-Web browser software (full dynamic Motif version) > navigator-nethelp-45 4.5-1 [non-free] > Popular World-Wide-Web browser software (runtime help files) > navigator-smotif-45 4.5-1 [non-free] > Popular World-Wide-Web browser software (full static Motif version) > netscape-base-45 4.5-1 [non-free] > Popular World-Wide-Web browser software (base support) > netscape-java-45 4.5-1 [non-free] > Popular World-Wide-Web browser software (java runtime files) > netscape4 4.0-15 [contrib] > Popular World-Wide-Web browser software (installer) > > Hmmm...this may be why so many people have questions about installing > netscape, it's confusing to begin with. It would be helpful to get > explainations of what each package actually is. Everything I've found on > them has been insufficient, except for the dependencies. (I know some of > the packages are obvious, but I included them for those who would like to > know). > > There ia also a .tar.gz file that has to be downloaded from > ftp.netscape.com, but there are two versions: libc5(supported) and > glibc2(unsupported). Which one? >
First, if you are running slink (now frozen), you don't need to get anything from ftp.netscape.com. The netscape-xxx are the base files for both communicator and navigator. The navigator-xxx files are for the stand alone browser. Communicator is the browser/mail/newsgroup version. I'm running communicator-4.5, and have the following packages loaded: netscape-base-45 necessary netscape-java-45 For Java capability (I'd get it) communicator-base-45 necessary communicator-nethelp-45 help file (optional) communicator-spellchk-45 if you want the spelling checker communicator-smotif-45 This is the statically linked NS binary -- Ed C.