Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 23:30:02 -0500 From: Doug Poland <djp@polands.org> To: Bob Bomar <bulldog@fxp.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape Message-ID: <20020913043002.GA2733@galilee.polands.org> In-Reply-To: <20020913041850.GA72202@peitho.fxp.org> References: <20020913041850.GA72202@peitho.fxp.org>
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On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 12:18:50AM -0400, Bob Bomar wrote: > I went to install Netscape6 from the ports, but its marked > as forbidden, so I pulled the browsers from netscape. > But when I went to install various versions (6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, and 7) > they all require glibc 2.1.3 and 2.2. After reading some > archives, I found that glibc is not and will not be a part > of FBSD libraries. > > What can I do to install Netscape? (higher than 4.79) > -- > You can either install Mozilla 1.0.1 (FreeBSD native or Linux) today, or wait till the Netscape 7.0 port is committed (when ????). Netscape (with some minor UI candy) is now built from Mozilla so you're getting the same product, just a different name. Using Mozilla you'll be better able to keep up with changes to stable and development branches. The Netscape version is several months behind the stable Mozilla build. -- Regards, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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