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question about freeware.sgi.com downloading/installation

orb85750
From USA
Who joined Feb. 28, 2014, 3:45 p.m.
Wrote the following at Feb. 24, 2015, 5:45 p.m...
When using the old default Netscape browser on my Octane, I click on the 'install' icon, but everything is just printed within my browser instead of being installed. I checked, and I *do* have the below additions set-up already in my /var/netscape/.../mailcap file. Is there something else I need to do? Thanks for your help.
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To configure your browser to support auto-install (i.e. calling tardist or SoftwareManager automatically when you click on a .tardist file on the web) you should have two entries added to your mailcap file (either your personal ~/.mailcap or, depending on your browser version, the system one in /var/netscape/.../mailcap, /usr/local/.../mailcap, or equivalent).

application/x-install; \
/usr/sbin/SoftwareManager -a -F %s ; \
description="SGI automatic software installation"
application/x-tardist; \
/usr/sbin/SoftwareManager -a -f %s ; \
description="SGI software distribution archive"
:Octane:
foetz
Moderator
Who joined April 14, 2003, 4:34 a.m.
Wrote the following at Feb. 24, 2015, 9:10 p.m...
never ever do it this way. download the tardist, extract it with tar (it's just a tar anyway) and then point inst or swmgr to where you extracted it
r-a-c.de
TeamBlackFox
From Richmond, Virginia
Who joined Jan. 30, 2014, 5:01 p.m.
Wrote the following at Feb. 24, 2015, 9:18 p.m...
You can do this if you have cURL installed:

$ curl -O $linktofile
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