Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 20:23:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: "Robert F. Abel" <root@babel.cais.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, babel@cais.com Subject: Re: Port of netscape3 problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960627201715.1687A-200000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960627195826.1013A-200000-200000@babel>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, 27 Jun 1996, Robert F. Abel wrote --about using the ports structure on a Netscape3 tarball. If the port skeleton was from the cdrom, it probably used the distfile from the cdrom instead of the Netscape3 one, so the version of Netscape it created isn't 3. It didn't install because the command used was make instead of make install. So go back and type make install. This will install a file called netscape that sets the environmental variables and the real binary, netscape.bin. Then unpack the Netscape 3 tar ball and rename the resulting binary called netscape to netscape.bin. Replace the netscape.bin created in the ports process with the new netscape.bin. Annelise [-- Attachment #2 --] Trying to get netscape3 installed to my FreeBSD system. downdoaded: netscape-v30b4-export.i386-unknown-bsd.tar.gz from: http://www.engsoc.carleton.ca/Documentation/Internet/netscape.html downloaded: ports structure: Makefile /files /pkg /scripts from: ftp.freebsd.org under pub/FreeBSD/ports-current put executable in /usr/ports/distfiles put port structure in /usr/ports when typing "make" in /usr/ports, the tarball unpacks and files are created in /usr/ports/work dir Question? It appears to create the correct files, however netscape.bin is not installed in /usr/local/libi . . . it remains in the /usr/ports/work dir. When entering the command "netscape" it does not execute. It can't find the file? Provided the tarball has already been downloaded and placed into the /usr/ports/distfiles dir, Is the above port structure all that is necessary to port a program? In the above ports structure /files subdir, there is another Makefile that doesnot appear to be executing. Should it be? Thanks for any help in this frustrating problem ?! Bob Abel babel@cais.comhelp
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