Date: 12 May 1998 07:41:01 -0500 From: Dave Marquardt <marquard@zilker.net> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: "Hector A. Dominguez" <domingha@earthlink.net>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: netscape communicator Message-ID: <857m3rk6g2.fsf@localhost.zilker.net> In-Reply-To: "Jason C. Wells"'s message of "Mon, 11 May 1998 19:15:08 %2B0000 (GMT)" References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980511191240.2638B-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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"Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> writes:
> 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'
No, that's backwards. You mean
ln -s /usr/local/netscape/netscape /usr/local/bin/netscape
> Use pkg_add instead of manually installing netscape.
Yes, that works well for me.
-Dave
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