I had the very same problem, I overcame it by dl'ing nutscraper
in *.tar.gz file. Then I uninstalled current version of nutscraper using
kpackager and installed *.tar.gz with archiver.
Regards Eero
On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> 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!
