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08-28-2003, 08:28 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2003
Posts: 5
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netscape and redhat90
Hi, I am new with linux, i just installed netscape71 in redhat90 and now and dont know how to run netscape, where is the icon, etc. to double click and ready to go. please help me. thanks.
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08-28-2003, 09:15 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Distribution: RedHat, Fedora, CentOS, SUSE
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Did you install the RPM (.rpm) or the tarball (.tar.gz) ?
If it is the tarball (tar.gz), the icon does not get created automatically.
You will have to create it yourself.
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08-28-2003, 10:08 AM
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Registered: Jun 2003
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it was a direct download from the netscape site, .tar.gz then I just did tar -zxvf netscape-i386-pc-linux-gnu-installer.tar.gz and it ran i got installed, after that i dont know how to get the icon on the desktop or any link to it that will make it work, i have like a week working with linux i am pretty new to all this
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08-28-2003, 10:09 AM
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Registered: Jun 2003
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yes it is a tarball .tar.gz, i dont know what to do next, please help
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08-28-2003, 10:16 AM
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Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Lynbrook, NY
Distribution: Fedora Core 1
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I also installed Netscape and wondered where it went.
In a terminal window try
/usr/local/netscape/netscape
should work...
cheers
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08-28-2003, 10:45 AM
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Registered: Jun 2003
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I found the icon netscape inside
/usr/local/netscape/netscape but it ask me what do when i ckick on it then i select run and it runs, but when i copy the icon shell to the desktop then it doesnt work it opens just like text i guess it loses its properties outside its folder
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