As a temporary solution, if you have root privledges, run the installer telling it to save (or cache) downloaded files, try to install - it will fail again but install files are now on your hd; then start a console and
cd [netscape-installer-dir]/xpi/ # where [netscape-installer-dir] is the directory in which you are running the installer (I don't know about rpm installs, but it probably resides in /tmp)
unzip xpcom.xpi
cd bin/
cp libxpistub.so / #note: this copies the library to your root directory, rm it after the install is complete - this method is a security risk
now run the installer, it should install without a hitch (remember to remove libxpistub.so from /). Warning: do not install over a previous version of netscape, there are various conflicts which will arise! Hope this helps.
Technical Solution:
If you have the sources:
/mozilla/xpinstall/stub/unix/src2/nsXIEngine.cpp in the function LoadXPIStub uses MAXPATHLEN but does not define it - this is why installs are failing with error code ~618 (patch to be submited soon). Near the top of the file add:
#ifndef MAXPATHLEN
#define MAXPATHLEN 1024
#endif
Bjorn Pearson.
Lee Mahan wrote:
I've been attempting to upgrade to Netscape 6.x on my Red Hat 7.1 machine, but it won't install, keeps saying that it can't find xpistub.
Anyone have a solution?
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