From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 3 13:43:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA06869 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 13:43:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA06863 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 13:43:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id NAA26074; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 13:43:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 13:43:20 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Steve McNatt cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Manual Install of Ports In-Reply-To: <345BC17F.9853B9B1@discover.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 1 Nov 1997, Steve McNatt wrote: > I recently downloaded Netscape 4.03 for FreeBSD (the xxxxx.tar.gz file). > > When I follow the directions in the handbook (use the makefile and > installation scripts on CDROM 2.2.2b and run them with the .tar.gz file > downloaded from ftp.netscape.com, I don't seem to be able to > successfully complete the installation. The 2.2.2 port is probably out of date. Try grabbing a newer one from http://www.freebsd.org. Try to be net-connected when you run the port so it can fetch the distribution archive for you. > P.S. I am working toward my CNE for NW 4.11 / IntraNW 1.0 and have had > a few jobs already where there was at least one unix X-Server that > needed to be integrated into the "new" Novell network and wasn't able to > do it. I am fairly very new to unix but not a "newbie" so the info > requested above can't be too complex. Thanks What are you trying to do? X and novell have nothing to do with each other. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major