> BC> Netscape has not released binaries for Linux/SPARC since version > BC> 4.52. If you feel up to the task, you can download the source > BC> package from "slink" and build it on the sparc. This will produce > BC> .deb's that can be installed, and allow you to run Netscape under > BC> sparc. I might also add that Mozilla (currently M17 in "woody") > BC> runs quite well. > > Pardon me. But doesn't it mean then that I can also download the > source from woody/potato and build it on the sparc? Would you > point me to the doc that teaches me how to "build it on the sparc"? > Thank you!
No, the potato/woody netscape does not include the sparc binaries. You'll need to do to slink/main/source/ and fine the netscape and navigator files (there is a .tar.gz, .diff.gz and .dsc for each one). Then do "dpkg-source -x foo.dsc" for each .dsc file. Cd into the directory that gets unpacked and run the command "dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc". You'll need to do this as root. After that completes you will have some .deb's you can install. > Yes, I have tried M17. But I thought it less "useable" than M14 (M15 > hangs trying to create the profile): from the logs that scroll by on > the window where I started mozilla, it appears to generate many more > error messages and is slower (than M14). But it might be because I > didn't configure it correctly---although it was installed by dselect. Odd, seemd to run faster for me. Perhaps you should remove the ~/.mozilla directory and try again. > Anyhow, because I need to access secure server (https) frequently, I > thought netscape (or communicator) would be more appropriate. Unfortunately, PSM (the HTTPS enabler application for mozilla) is not availbale for Sparc yet :( Although, a future version of Mozilla will include it directly, and then it will be usable on sparc. -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'