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Re: RPM & Netscape Problems

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (waqar ali janjua)
Tue Oct 27 07:07:32 1998

Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 17:10:12 +0500
From: waqar ali janjua <waqar@mathtech-pk.com>
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Ok then just type "rpm -e netscape-communicator" and it'll be removed 'cuz the
pacakage manager installs netscape with a symbolic link "netscape-communicator" and
updates the database table with "netscape-communicator.rpm" not netscape.rpm.
Waqar Ali Janjua.

"Frank N. Stein" wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, waqar ali janjua sniveled:
> >>Just because Netscape is not bundled with REDHAT in RPM format. Redhat package
> >manager only installs/uninstalls pacakages of .rpm format. You have to remove it
> >manually.
>
> Sorry but, I have 5.1 on CD here and it has Netscape in rpm format.
> It's also on the ftp sites in the distribution files as well as in the
> contribs.
>
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