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Re: Netscape4.5 for linux.



Guy Rodnay writes:

 > > > May be anybody know where i can download netscape4.5 in rpm package?
 > > > Thanx.
 > >
 > > Doesn't exist, you dont need it, just download the tar.gz from
 > > ftp.netscape.com, tar zxf it, and run ns-install, it will do the work for
 > > you no matter what dist you have.
 > > Make sure you download the version you need, they have a libc5 binary
 > > under ".../supported..." and a libc6 binary under ".../unsupported..."
 > >
 > 
 > I have downloaded the libc5 version from ftp.tau.ac.il and it works well. I am
 > using RedHat5.0 so I have libc6 as well. Should I have downloaded the libc6
 > version? What is the benefit in using libc6?

If you're not using any other libc5 applications, the libc5 libraries
won't have to be loaded into memory, since the libc6 libraries will be
used which are already in RAM because other apps use them.


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