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

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