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Date:      Thu, 27 Jan 2000 17:34:27 -0500 (EST)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Cc:        port-alpha@netbsd.org
Subject:   *legal* osf/1 shared libs & Netscape available!
Message-ID:  <14480.50220.887518.411214@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>

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Compaq has released their Tru64 shared libs for use with Netscape on
"alpha linux" (not to mention FreeBSD & NetBSD..):
http://www.compaq.com/partners/netscape/downloads/register_nav4_Linux.html

This is a form which has a survey on it.  Make sure to tell them
you're running ({Free,Net}BSD ;-). When you fill out this form, you
get pointed at a 16MB rpm.  When you finally manage to extract it (I
HATE rpms!), you end up with a tar file:
usr/local/netscape/netscape-all-4.7.tar.gz

To make it run on FreeBSD (note you need XFree86 installed!):

mkdir /compat/osf1
cd /compat/osf1
tar zxf /path/to/netscape-all-4.7.tar.gz
mkdir /compat/osf1/usr/lib
ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 /compat/osf1/usr/lib/
edit /compat/osf1/usr/bin/netscape & make it look like this:

#!/bin/sh
#
# Set up environment for Netscape on Alpha Linux and then run Netscape.
# From www.alphalinux.org/docs/netscape_du.shtml.
# Provided by Compaq Computer Corporation, Alpha Technology Solutions Group.
#
#export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/shlib
export MOZILLA_HOME=/compat/osf1/usr/local/netscape
exec $MOZILLA_HOME/netscape $* 


Then run /compat/osf1/usr/bin/netscape


Cheers,

Drew
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Andrew Gallatin, Sr Systems Programmer	http://www.cs.duke.edu/~gallatin
Duke University				Email: gallatin@cs.duke.edu
Department of Computer Science		Phone: (919) 660-6590



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