Thanks Matt. I've tried it, and it still asks "compat-libs" is needed by
netscape-common. Have you had this problem? Thanks.
Howard
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Stegman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 9:11 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Updating netscape ver. 4.7
It's already installed. The command "rpm" uses the RedHat Package Manager
to install and uninstall packages that you download (filenames will end
with .rpm). Some simple commands:
rpm -ivh filename.rpm #installs a package
rpm -Uvh filename.rpm #uninstalls a package
rpm -q package #tells you if a package is installed,
# and the package version
rpm -ql package #lists files in an installed package
rpm -qi package #gives a description of a package
rpm -e package #uninstalls (erases) a package
For an example, run `rpm -q kernel`. This will tell you what version of
the Linux kernel you have installed. `rpm -qi kernel` gives you a
description of the "kernel" package.
For Netscape, you can download the new version from
ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/distributions/mandrake/updates/6.1/RPMS
You don't need all three. You do need "netscape-common," and one of the
other two, depending on if you want the whole Communicator package with
mail and news and composer, or just the web browser (navigator). Once
you've downloaded the appropriate packages, run `rpm -e netscape-common
netscape-communicator` to erase the current packages, and `rpm -ivh
netscape*` to install the new ones.
-Matt Stegman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Howard Lee wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Thanks for the help. Where can I get this REDHAT package manager? Sorry
I'm
> new to Linux. I'm using Mandrake Linux by the way. Thanks!
