On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 13:20:07 -0500, Hanan Shargi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> a quick Question, I d/l Mozilla 0.9.8 rpm's for Mandrake and I was reading the
> installation instruction, it said somewhere that it is better to uninstall the
> old mozilla before installing the new release.
> my Q is : can't I just use the rpm upgrade option instead of uninstalling ?
You are less likely to have problems if you uninstall the old version first. I
know I had some problems when I upgraded to Mozilla 0.9.8.
> will that save my bookmarks though ?!
Your bookmarks should be saved in ~/.mozilla directory. The contents of your ~
(home) directory are completely separate from the actual application files that
the RPM installs. Your user data will be safe if you remove Mozilla.
> if uninstalling is required...how can I do that :) ?
# rpm -e FILE...
Mozilla consists of several packages. You need to uninstall and reinstall all of
them to have a full implementation of 0.9.8:
libjs
libnspr4
libnspr4-devel
libnss3
libnss3-devel
mozilla
mozilla-devel
mozilla-dom-inspector
mozilla-irc
mozilla-js-debugger
mozilla-mail
mozilla-xmlterm
If you have dependency problems with Nautilus, Galeon or Evolution when removing
the packages, use the --nodeps switch. Dependency problems with anything else
may indicate that something is wrong. The --force switch should only be used if
you really know what you're doing, since there is a good chance that you'll
break something in your system. If you use your system carefully enough, you
shouldn't ever have to use --force.
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