[96403] in RedHat Linux List
RPM & Netscape Problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Shepard)
Mon Oct 26 22:46:15 1998
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 18:49:26 -0800 (PST)
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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I've been fighting this battle for a few weeks now and I'm completely at a
loss to know what to do. Here's the story (in short form!):
I wanted to replace netscape-communicator-4.07 with
netscape-navigator-4.07 on my RH 5.1 system with the 2.0.36 kernel
installed.
RPM reported that communicator wasn't installed, so I manually removed all
the files from /usr/lib and /usr/bin. Repeated searches with locate and find
indicated that no trace of communicator existed on the system. Then I tried
to install navigator. RPM reported that it was already installed! It wasn't.
So I forced the installation.
Starting X and typing 'netscape' at the prompt in the xterm results in an
error message about not finding /usr/lib/netscape-communicator. And I cannot
find where this error originates.
This evening, I decided to try to uninstall all Netscape products and
start from scratch. No such luck.
When I type "rmp -e (for erase), -q (for query) or -V (for verify)
netscape-communicator/navigator", I'm told that the package is not
installed. When I try to install either one with the -i option, I'm told
that it is already installed and cannot be installed now! In summary, if I
try to install either one, I'm told that it's already installed. If I try to
verify, query or erase either one, I'm told that it's not installed.
I re-ran /etc/cron.daily/updatedb.cron and tried 'locate netscape'.
Navigator showed up in /usr/bin and /usr/lib. Still, rpm fails to find it
and I cannot invoke it from within X.
What do I do about this? We're without a GUI browser now and I have
exhausted all my references (like the RPM book) and the local users group.
Help, please!
Rich
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.
2404 SW 22nd Street
Troutdale, OR 97060-1247 U.S.A.
+ 1 503-667-4517 (voice) | + 1 503-667-8863 (fax)
rshepard@appl-ecosys.com
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