Re: Netscape package won't configure

[Syrus Nemat-Nasser <syrus@ucsd.edu>]

On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Carl Fink wrote:

> Okay, I finally got X working, so I decided to Install the Netscape 3
> package that comes with 1.3.1.  When I get to the "configure" stage of
> dselect, I get the following:
> 
> ==============================================================
> running dpkg --pending --configure ...
> Setting up netscape (3.01-4) ...
> 
> ERROR: The Netscape archive must be in /tmp under the name:
>        /tmp/netscape-v301-export.x86-unknown-linux-elf.tar.[gz|Z]
> 
>        Do NOT simply rename the archive of another version in order to
>        force it to install with this package.  It will not work.
> 
>        Archive files can be found on ftp.netscape.com.
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> dpkg: error processing netscape (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  netscape
> 
> dpkg --configure returned error exit status 1.
> ==============================================================
> 
> Has anyone else seen this?  What can I do about it?

If you have not done so, you need to retrieve the appropriate archive 
file from ftp.netscape.com.  Debian cannot distribute this file because 
Netscape is not "free" software.

Syrus.

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Syrus Nemat-Nasser <syrus@ucsd.edu>    UCSD Physics Dept.



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