On Saturday 25 January 2003 7:49 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Saturday 25 January 2003 04:24 pm, Keith Powell wrote: > > <snip> > > > > > For information, the package was the Texstar > > > > Phoenix. I have heard some good reports about > > > > Phoenix and would like to try it. > > > > > > > > I am feeling very frustrated at the failure of the > > > > installation! > > > > > > > > Many thanks > > > > I have done some investigating, and it appears that > > Phoenix and Phoenix-java were not installed. The other > > packages it needed, were installed. > > > > So, I have downloaded just these two again and installed > > them separately. The Phoenix package installed, but the > > java package wouldn't install. It said that there was a > > size mismatch - whatever that means. > > > > Phoenix now runs, but I assume that it is without Java. > > I haven't had a chance to use it and find out. > > > > The installer did not mention any package by name, it > > merely said that there was a download error. > > > > I hope that Phoenix is worth trying, after all this > > trouble! > > > > Cheers > > > > Keith > > </snip> > > Keith, out of curiosity I just downloaded Phoenix from > Texstar. I just issued the command (as root) : > urpmi phoenix > and watched the text scroll by. No problems whatsoever. > Then, I ran Phoenix, it seems a bit meager and not > noticeable faster then Mozilla, but certainly slower then > Konqueror and Opera. Then, trying to view a > java-*enriched* page, it stopped and prompted me to > download java, although java already resides on the box. I > did that nevertheless ( must be done as root ! ) and again > without any glitches. Now I have two java plugins ;-) > > However, I intend to get rid of it again. > > HTH > > Kaj Haulrich
Kaj, thank you for your reply. I have been trying Phoenix, and can't see much difference between it and other light weight browsers. So it may not be staying on my hard drive for much longer. It was interesting to install (more or less!) and test. I have seen it reported that the Windows version of Phoenix is good, better than Internet Explorer. Cheers Keith
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