the versions listed in adept are 1.0.7, whereas the recent versions available for download are 1.5.
On 1/18/06, Andrew J. Kopciuch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 18 January 2006 18:57, Mike Bougie wrote: > > I've downloaded the Firefox and Thunderbird 1.5 tar.gz files and now > > I'm completely at a loss as to how to install them. > > > > Running kubuntu 5.10 > > > > I don't know what's in the tar files ... maybe an installer? > > Why don't you just use the deb package managers to install them via apt? > > By default there is the KDE program adept. You can launch it from the > Kmenu, > and it is under the "System" menu. It will ask for your password first, but > then you can filter on firefox or thunderbird. Then I'm sure you can figure > out how to install them from there. > > You could also install synaptic. From the command prompt : > > #sudo apt-get install synaptic > > Then use that. It is the same idea as adept, just a different interface > (and > it's not part of KDE). > > The deb packages are built for the system ... they install nice with no > work. > > > > > Andy > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
