Les Henderson wrote: >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? >>> Software installed from tarballs won't ever show up in Software Manager, AFAIK.
>>> >>>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. >>> >>> >>> Don't uninstall using Software Manager. Use an rpm command in a terminal (rpm -e --nodeps, IIRC, but check man rpm before you do anything). >>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. >> The Mozilla people recommend completely installing an old version before installing a new one, and this may apply to the RPM version as well (though strictly speaking, the -U option should do that anyway). You could try the --force option; otherwise again try rpm -e --nodeps followed by a fresh install. Sir Robin -- "There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't" - thinkgeek.com Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent �niversitesi Ankara 06533 http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin
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