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Date:      Mon, 11 May 1998 19:15:08 +0000 (GMT)
From:      "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
To:        "Hector A. Dominguez" <domingha@earthlink.net>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: netscape communicator
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980511191240.2638B-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <01BD7D09.ED22CB20@pool027-max4.covina-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net>

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On Mon, 11 May 1998, Hector A. Dominguez wrote:

>I just installed the following version of netscape communicator in my FreeBSD Pc (v2.2.2.). 
></pub/FreeBSD/distfiles/communicator-v405-export.x86-unknown-freebsd.tar.gz>
>After tarring the .gz file, installation was carried through the ns-install shell, and appears to be succesful with no error messages.  Then, when I "startx" and type "netscape" from the xterm, I get the "netscape: Command not found" message. 
>The installation shell created the /usr/local/netscape folder, and the netscape* is in this folder too.......  Any idea what I am doing wrong and need to correct??  

The /usr/local/netscape directory is probably not in your $PATH. You can
edit your path -or- 

'ln -s /usr/local/bin/netscape /usr/local/netscape/netscape'

-or-

Use pkg_add instead of manually installing netscape.

Thank you,       | Try some of this. It will show you where you're at.
Jason Wells	 | http://www.freebsd.org/


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