Give me a few minutes and I'll send the exact address.
Michael Holt
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Murray Strome" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] browser
> Out of curiosity, where did you find an rpm version of the 128 bit version
of
> Netscape 4.71? On the Red Hat site, I can find one for 4.71, and the
standard
> regular version of 4.72. At the Netscape site, I can find the 128 bit
version
> of 4.72, but it is not in rpm format and things do not get carried over
cleanly
> from Communicator 4.6 when using the ns install they suggest.
>
> Murray Strome
>
> Mike & Tracy Holt wrote:
>
> > You don't need the '--force' option, just put the three files in one
> > directory and type 'rpm -Uvh *.rpm' and there won't be a dependency
problem
> > because you're installing all at the same time.
> >
> > *note* If you install Netscape 128 bit version, it doesn't allow you to
> > install both communicator and navigator, navigator is built into
> > communicator. You'll need to uninstall the old navigator and just
install
> > the common and communicator packages - confusing? This may also be the
case
> > with the standard version, I haven't tried (I'm using the 128 bit
version).
> > Try using all three packages first, and if you have a problem
installing,
> > try leaving out the navigator package.
> >
> > Michael Holt
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rial Juan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 4:48 AM
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] browser
> >
> > >
> > > Oh, please. Never ever give someone the advice to use --force with
rpm. I
> > > totally screwed up my old redhat 5.2 that way, about a year ago.
> > >
> > > Instead, identify and download the package that would satisfy these
> > dependencies
> > > and install it first. Or just put 'em on the same line alltogether lik
e
> > this:
> > > rpm -Uvh netscape-file dependency-file
> > >
> > > On Mar 28 Anthony Huereca wrote:
> > >
> > > > You must download this file:
> >
ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/updates/6.0/i386/netscape-common-4.72-6.i
> > 386.rpm
> > > >
> > > > and then you can choose either communictor (the full thing,
> > > > browser+email+newsreader):
> >
ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/updates/6.0/i386/netscape-communicator-4.
> > 72-6.i386.rpm
> > > > or for just the browser:
> > > >
> >
ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/updates/6.0/i386/netscape-navigator-4.72-
> > 6.i386.rpm
> > > >
> > > > use "rpm -Uvh the_netscape_file" to upgrade.
> > > > Or if that doesnt' work (I think it may give you dependency errors),
try
> > "rpm
> > > > --force -Uvh the_netscape_file"
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > which file(s) do I download for the 4.72 update...
> > > > > will it work on Mandrake...seeing as most drake files...
> > > > > are of the i586.rpm format...
> > > > >
> > > > > steve harris wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Someone asked earlier about browsers.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Not really anything other than Netscape. Mozilla is getting
better
> > though,
> > > > > > M14 is the latest I think.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This 4.72 Netscape is better on my old machine than the 4.61 and
> > 4.70
> > > > > > "stable" versions.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Download the 4.72 stable versions from this ftp site.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/updates/6.0/i386/
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The single file versions from the Netscape site itself always
seemed
> > to be
> > > > > > unstable.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > fwiw
> > > > > >
> > > > > > steve
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Rial Juan <http://nighty.ulyssis.org>
> > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Belgium tel: (++32) 89/856533
> > > ulyssis system admininstrator <http://www.ulyssis.org>
> > >
> > > The little critters in nature; they don't know they're ugly.
> > > That's very funny... A fly marying a bumble-bee...
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