RE: Upgrading Netscape 4.79 to 6.2

["Scott A. Zanke" <szanke directvinternet com>]

On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 13:35, Chris Caron wrote:
> ing Netscape 4.79 to 6.2
> 
> Chris Caron wrote:
> > I'm new to linux.  {obviously}
> > 
> > I installed Netscape 6.2 on my RH7.3 using KDE.
> 
> Uhm, how?  Via an RPM?
> 
> [CC]  Not sure what RPM is, but I downloaded the tar file, extracted it and ran the installer.
> 
> > 
> > The problem is I can't find the executable.  The install is in 
> > /usr/lib/netscape.  There is a Netscape-communicator executable but it runs 
> > the 4.x version.  However there is a Netscape shell script that runs the 
> > profile editor that will get me to 6.2, but it seems the long way around.
> 
> Are you sure it installed in /usr/lib/netscape?  It's usually in
> /usr/sbin/netscape-navigator.  What do the file dates in /usr/lib
> say?
> 
> [CC]  I'll check for that dir.  But believe I changed it so it would "overwrite" the existing one.
> The dates for some exec's and shared libraries are current.  but nothing that starts the browser.
>  
> Once you find the executable, you probably need to change the KDE link's
> properties to point at the new executable through
> "Start->System->Menu Editor->Internet->Netscape Navigator".
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Which directory did yuo unpack the tarball?
When I upgraded to Netscape 6.22, I unpacked it in /usr/local/netscape
and the executable is  /usr/local/netscape/netscape