Re: Stupid Newbie Question - Install Netscape from download

2001-11-25 Thread Jesse Goerz
On Sunday 25 November 2001 19:18, John Griffiths wrote: > At 07:07 PM 11/25/01 -0500, Chris Jenks wrote: > >At 07:00 PM 11/25/01, John Griffiths wrote: > >> >Look inside the directory. There should be a file called > >> >INSTALL or README. Use "vi" to open it and do what it > >> > says. > >> > >

Re: Stupid Newbie Question - Install Netscape from download

2001-11-25 Thread John Griffiths
At 07:07 PM 11/25/01 -0500, Chris Jenks wrote: >At 07:00 PM 11/25/01, John Griffiths wrote: >> > >> >Look inside the directory. There should be a file called >> >INSTALL or README. Use "vi" to open it and do what it says. >> > >> >Good luck. >> > >> >HTH, >> >Jesse >> >>I'd recommend using "more"

Re: Stupid Newbie Question - Install Netscape from download

2001-11-25 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 07:07:55PM -0500, Chris Jenks wrote: > >>Look inside the directory. There should be a file called > >>INSTALL or README. Use "vi" to open it and do what it says. > >I'd recommend using "more" to view the README file, > >unless you know how to close a file in vi (which most

Re: Stupid Newbie Question - Install Netscape from download

2001-11-25 Thread Chris Jenks
At 07:00 PM 11/25/01, John Griffiths wrote: > >Look inside the directory. There should be a file called >INSTALL or README. Use "vi" to open it and do what it says. > >Good luck. > >HTH, >Jesse I'd recommend using "more" to view the README file, unless you know how to close a file in vi (which

Re: Stupid Newbie Question - Install Netscape from download

2001-11-25 Thread John Griffiths
> >Look inside the directory. There should be a file called >INSTALL or README. Use "vi" to open it and do what it says. > >Good luck. > >HTH, >Jesse I'd recommend using "more" to view the README file, unless you know how to close a file in vi (which most newbies do not know how to do)

Re: Stupid Newbie Question - Install Netscape from download

2001-11-25 Thread Jesse Goerz
On Sunday 25 November 2001 17:41, Phil Beder wrote: > I downloaded Netscape browser 6.2 from the netscape site in my > windows partition as I dont have any means to browse the web > in linux yet. [snip to end of line, jg] That you are aware of :) > toward the directory in my windows partition wi

Re: Stupid Newbie Question - Install Netscape from download

2001-11-25 Thread Dmitriy
On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 05:41:40PM -0500, Phil Beder wrote: > I downloaded Netscape browser 6.2 from the netscape site in my windows > partition as I dont have any means to browse the web in linux yet. I tried > to install it using dselect pointing it toward the directory in my windows > partition

Stupid Newbie Question - Install Netscape from download

2001-11-25 Thread Phil Beder
I downloaded Netscape browser 6.2 from the netscape site in my windows partition as I dont have any means to browse the web in linux yet. I tried to install it using dselect pointing it toward the directory in my windows partition with the compresed file in .gz format. dselect did not recognize a