Think you want the netscape4 package (which is an installer for 4.x series netscape that you've downloaded).
On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 01:11:13AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have many potato machines, all of which are slink machines that were > apt-get'd upgraded to potato, all work fine. i finally found and > downloaded and burned a copy of potato test cycle 2 from > ftp.debian.org(all 3 cds) and installed it today. > > must say im impressed with the new installer full dhcp support and > everything, kicks ass. > > BUT i cant get netscape to install. in the past i downloaded the netscape > tar.gz file to /tmp and did an apt-get install netscape4 which then > scanned /tmp and tried to find a valid archive to install from, this > doesn't happen for some reason, it doesnt even seem to try(doesnt give any > errors) i have tried about 6 different netscape packages and none provide > a working copuy of netscape. so i had to do it the old fashioned way via > the ns-install script inside the netscape archive. is there a way around > this or is this a known bug ? i did download the latest netscape packages > from the ftp site with the same results. i have 4 other machines in the > same room(all identical hardware) using the netscape4 package just > fine(but again they were all dist upgraded from slink BUT i did not > install netscape until potato was completly installed) > > im really at a loss as to why it doesnt want to install. > > any ideas? > > thanks! > > nate > > ::: > http://www.aphroland.org/ > http://www.linuxpowered.net/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 1:03am up 32 days, 11:38, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- According to MegaHAL: The emu is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace.
