Re: [newbie] Updating netscape ver. 4.7

1999-12-23 Thread Ron Peake
Hello Howard You can also use KPACKAGE which comes with KDE instead of the REDHAT package manager. When you start the program it will check your disk for all installed packages and list them for you. Select the packages to be uninstalled one at a time with your mouse and select the UNINSTALL optio

Re: [newbie] Updating netscape ver. 4.7

1999-12-23 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Hello | I had to uninstall the older version of Netscape communicator (4.6) | before I could install the new version. | Suggest you use the REDHAT package manager to uninstall. | Regards, | Ron | Howard Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

RE: [newbie] Updating netscape ver. 4.7

1999-12-22 Thread Matt Stegman
Can't say as I ever had any dependancy problems with Netscape, but I probably installed more packages than you did. Does `rpm -q compat-libs` come up with nothing? If so, go get it from a Mandrake FTP mirror. -Matt Stegman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Howard Lee wrote: > Thanks

Re: [newbie] Updating netscape ver. 4.7

1999-12-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, you wrote: > Ron, > > 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! > You already have it. It's called RPM. If you mean where can you get the compat-libs, they *should* be on your CD,

RE: [newbie] Updating netscape ver. 4.7

1999-12-22 Thread Eero
ot;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: [newbi

RE: [newbie] Updating netscape ver. 4.7

1999-12-22 Thread Howard Lee
ct: 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

Re: [newbie] Updating netscape ver. 4.7

1999-12-22 Thread Matt Stegman
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

Re: [newbie] Updating netscape ver. 4.7

1999-12-22 Thread Howard Lee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello > I had to uninstall the older version of Netscape communicator (4.6) > before I could install the new version. > Suggest you use the REDHAT package manager to uninstall. > Regards, > Ron > Howard Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > Hi guys, > > > > I tried to upd

Re: [newbie] Updating netscape ver. 4.7

1999-12-22 Thread rjpeake
Hello I had to uninstall the older version of Netscape communicator (4.6) before I could install the new version. Suggest you use the REDHAT package manager to uninstall. Regards, Ron Howard Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hi guys, > > I tried to update my netscape to ver. 4.7 (by clicking o

[newbie] Updating netscape ver. 4.7

1999-12-22 Thread Howard Lee
Hi guys, I tried to update my netscape to ver. 4.7 (by clicking on update icon on the desktop), and it fetched the package but when it tried to installed it, it said "compat-libs" is needed by netscape-common-4.70-1mdk". Where can I get this compat-libs? Thanks. Howard