Do it the easy way and just use rpms. Mandrake has them on their FTP sites. 

However if you want to use the gzip version, try "cd
/the/directory/of_netscape" and then "./netscape". 

> I downloaded Netscape 4.74 gzip compressed Communicator tar archive. I
> then uncompressed and extracted the tar file and ran ./ns-install. It
> showed me which directory it was installing this in and per instructions
> I then ran "cd the_directory_I_just_installed_to ./netscape" (without
> the quotes). When I go into netscape it is still bringing up 4.73. I
> even rebooted (okay, some things from WinBloz die hard) and it still
> comes up as Netscape 4.73. I'm thinking that perhaps the instructions
> were wrong and instead of cd the directory that I just installed to
> ./netscape maybe I should have mv (moved) the directory I just installed
> tto ./netscape. I am really hoping that someone can give me some guidance
> here -- I have obviously screwed something up.
> 
> I thank you in advance.
> 
> Patti
> Registered Linux User 184611
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Anthony
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