On Mon, 03 Jan 2000, Warren Doney wrote:
| Eric Hanks wrote:
| >
| > I'm sure someone has addressed this problem before,(though I haven't
| > been able to fnid any threads on it) Nescape seems very unstable in
| > linux-Mandrake 6.5...
| > I tried using the "auto-update" but run into problems..."Missing
| > libs"...How can I get the newer more stable version of netscape
| > installed....Thanks for all your help...
| >
| > Eric
|
| The RPM's might still be in your /tmp directory, if they are, just
| click them to install (common 1st). Unless you've deleted other
| libraries that is (then 4.61 wouldn't work!). If you haven't got
| them anymore, IMHO get them again. 4.7 is worth it. If they still
| complain of dependencies, uninstall 4.61 - communicator 1st.
| --
| Full plate & packing steel! - Minsk
The 4.7 Netscape packages in the updates folder on the ftp sites require a
library package which may not be installed by default. I do not remember which
package it was, but if you get the package name from the error message, then go
to a Mandrake ftp mirror and d/l the package & install it, you should be able
to install the netscape update without problems then. The thing is that you did
not install any packages which need the lib package in question, so it was not
installed. I think the package may be on your CD in the /Mandrake/RPMS folder
too, but since the 6.5 version is a Macmillan release of Mandrake 6.1, and is
not the final release (uses kernel-2.2.13-4mdk not kernel-2.2.13-7mdk for
example), I do not remember if I got the library package from the ftp mirror or
the CD.
HTH,
Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
