Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 09:36:54 -0600 From: Matt Schlosser <mschlosser@eschelon.com> To: 'j mckitrick' <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: netscape 6 Message-ID: <C1781C38F13DA040848FEFAD07311B105ECF23@walleye.corp.fishnet.com>
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Sadly, it looks like the port was too quickly done and not throughly checked... live and learn. Anyway, I've never installed NS6 from the sources, I've used the installer each time. I've done it by downloading the who package and running it, and by downloading the one that ftps the stuff as you need it. As far as that goes, yes you can just uninstall and reinstall wherever, stick it somewhere and reuse it. There shouldn't be too much to do for this install, it's not really a "Linux install," but more of a linux program being installed on FreeBSD. Think of it as copying a .exe file from windows to a mac, then double-clicking it and having it work (over simplified I know). You can install NS6 anywhere you want, I think it uses a separate file set because the bookmarks, cache and history database are in new formats yet you can run both browsers simultaneously. Don't think of it as a linux box in your machine, just as a little dude in there that interprets lunux binaries for you :) "Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee." -F. Lee Bailey -----Original Message----- From: j mckitrick [mailto:jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 9:21 AM To: Matt Schlosser Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: netscape 6 On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 09:04:47AM -0600, Matt Schlosser wrote: | I know this sounds too simple to be the case, but did you select to install | mail? The installer lets you choose what you do and do not want... Well, I went with the port instead of the installer. I would have thought the port script would have taken care of that. But you are right, this morning I ran the installer to see what it did and I saw the usual license and the installation type dialog. So, does this mean I can uninstall N6, put the tarball somewhere, and re-run the install? If so, since this is a linux install, where does the archive go, and what else should I do before running the installer? Any environ stuff need set? Does N6 use a different directory from netscape? I would think I could choose this, but I'm not sure to handle this alien linux box inside my bsd machine. :) jcm -- o-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-o | ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jonathon McKitrick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | "I prefer the term 'Artificial Person' myself." | o-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-o To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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