I tried sending this to the list earlier, but I still don't see it up. Your question is answered below.
On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Les Henderson wrote: > On 5 Sep 2002, Langsley T Russell wrote: > > I downloaded Mozilla 1.1 From the Mozilla website. and actually managed > > to install it in what Mozilla refers to as the default location > > (/usr/local/Mozilla). However it does not appear in my software manager > > or on the main menu. I am only able to access it by going to the file > > manager and clicking on all the appropriate links. > > > > The only version of Mozilla which appears in the software directory is > > 0.9.8 which came bundled with Mandrake 8.2, the version I'm currently > > running. > > > > What must I do to get this new version of Mozilla to appear in the > > software list and become more fully integrated into my system? > > > > I tried removing version 0.9.8 but was informed that removing it would > > also remove gnome-core, nautilus, and a number of other files so I left > > it in place believing it to be safer. > > > can i assume that you installed mozilla by using the .tar.gz file? that > will not upgrade your old version of mozilla to the new one. i'm > currently running into problems trying to upgrade my old version of > mozilla to version 1.1 by using the 'rpm -U' command, but i'm running into > problems with various rpm dependencies. if you have successfully done > this any advice would be much appreciated. > > as for getting a newly installed version of mozilla to appear in your > gnome panels i found the following at > http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.1/#install: > > 1. Click the GNOME Main Menu button, open the Panel menu, and then open > the Add to Panel sub-menu and choose Launcher. > 2. Right click the icon for Mozilla on the Panel and enter the following > command: > > directory_name/mozilla > > where directory_name is the name of the directory you downloaded Mozilla > to. For example, the default directory that Mozilla suggests is > /usr/local/mozilla. > 3. Type in a name for the icon, and type in a comment if you wish. > 4. Click the icon button and type in the following as the icon's location: > > directory_name/icons/mozicon50.xpm > > where directory_name is the directory where you installed Mozilla. For > example, the default directory is /usr/local/mozilla/icons/mozicon50.xpm > > i haven't tried this and certainly know very little about gnome. > > Les Henderson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Les Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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