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Mr.Newbie
11-01-2001, 10:28 AM
Typical newbie question :mad:: I just installed RedHat 7.1. It came with Netscape4.5. When I typed netscape in console or Run window. It would bring up netscape window. I decided to upgrade to netscape6. I uninstalled 4.5 using RPM and followed the steps to install 6.0. It worked. But now whenever I try to run my new netscape through console or Run window I get an error that I don't have netscape installed. How can I fix this? Please help. :confused:
Choozo
11-01-2001, 10:33 AM
Make sure that your $PATH variable includes the path to your 'new' Netscape installation.
(typically, Netscape 6 would be installed in /usr/local/netscape/)

put this in your ~/.bashrc file:

export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/netscape6/directory

and it should work.

Cheers :)
eXtremist
11-01-2001, 10:33 AM
Your netscape executable may not be in your path.. Check to see if it is or not.
The Anti-Void
11-01-2001, 10:34 AM
it probably installed to /usr/local/netscape and that's not in your path. to run netscape, cd to /usr/local/netscape and then type ./netscape
paulb
11-01-2001, 04:30 PM
I am pretty new to, but try this if you want to do what you could before:

In a text editor, type:

cd ../usr/[netscape directory]
./[netscape app name (probably 'netscape')]

then save it as /bin/Netscape
open /bin/ in your file program
right click the file that says Netscape and make the permissions Execute/Execute/Execute and then type 'Netscape' into the console. Hope it works.
Mr.Newbie
06-01-2002, 09:41 PM
Originally posted by Mr.Newbie:
<STRONG>Typical newbie question :mad:: I just installed RedHat 7.1. It came with Netscape4.5. When I typed netscape in console or Run window. It would bring up netscape window. I decided to upgrade to netscape6. I uninstalled 4.5 using RPM and followed the steps to install 6.0. It worked. But now whenever I try to run my new netscape through console or Run window I get an error that I don't have netscape installed. How can I fix this? Please help. :confused:</STRONG>


I finally found the answer. Go to this thread http://www.linuxnewbie.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=028688