how do i install netscape 9.0 on ubuntu
 

I am fairly new at linux and I love ubuntu 7.04 on the desk top and 6.10 on a ppc laptop. I have looked high and low on google and yahoo but, but I can't find info on how to install netscape navigator 9.0 on any distro. can some one please please help me?!?!?

Any help will much appreciate.

Thanx.

I'm not familiar with Ubuntu, but I've been using Linux for several years. I've been using the Mozilla suite and lately the Seamonkey suite. They're open source versions of netscape. Actually since I recently switched to Debian, I found that hey're calling it Iceape. They're all pretty much the same thing as far as the user is concerned so if Ubuntu offers one of those, I imagine you could use it instead. Hope that helps.

Download the Linux version of Netscape 9 from browser.netscape.com/downloads (if you haven't already). This will give you a tar.gz file. Extract this and run the script "run-mozilla.sh" to run Netscape.

OK Thanx I'll try that and let you know how it went.

no luck :(

Care to elaborate on what you tried and what went wrong?

1. Enter the directory where you saved netscape e.g.
   
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   $cd downloads

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2. extract the contents of the archive e.g.
   
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   $tar zxvf netscape-navigator-9.0b1.tar.gz

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3. Run netscape by changing into the navigator direcory and doing ./navigator e.g.
   
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   $cd navigator
$./navigator

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   An alternative would to use a GUI file manager and browse to where you extracted the contents of your netscape tarball, then click on the file called "navigator".

You may also need to install libstdc++-5 if netscape complains that its missing.

I tried this but it didn't work but I will try the one posted by Reddaz and get back to you.

Using the command lines that reddaz submitted worked perfectly. I recommend passing that info along.

ubuntu 7.04 (feist fawn) i386

Thanx so much for all the help guys!!

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When I type ./navigator into the terminal, I get the following error message:

cna@cna-desktop:~/Desktop/navigator$ ./navigator
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
cna@cna-desktop:~/Desktop/navigator$

I'm on ubuntu 7.04. I tried it on a fresh install of ubuntu 7.04 and it worked fine, so there must be something on my machine interfering with it, any ideas how to find out what?

I tried typing "./netscape" in the netscape directory and this is what it gave me:

./navigator-bin: relocation error: ./navigator-bin: undefined symbol: gdk_threads_lock

Can someone help me? I'm a new convert to Linux and don't know much yet.

You could extract the contents using commmands, but it would be far easier to use a file manager.

What file manager do you recommend?

Yes you could, but one thing to note is that not all File managers integrate the ability to manage archives graphically and thats why I tend to post commands or methods that I know will work regardless of environment.

The user did specify which distribution they're using, and that distro include the ability to manage archivbed graphically (as indeed most do anyway).

It's far more helpful to give practical instructions rather than forcing someone who might not know any better to use difficult command line mathods unnecessarily.