Thanks! I just installed rc3. It's great!
Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > Hidong > sorry for this rather late answer ... > > As David was already writing in this thread (if I understood him > correctly :) you don't need an rpm for Mozilla to install it. > > On May 27, 2002, 21:18 (-0700) Hidong Kim wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to install mozilla 1.0 rc3. I untarred the gzip'ed archive. > > When I did ./configure, I got this error: > > I either didn't succeed in installing a new mozilla-1.0rc3-0.i386.rpm > (and all the other toys they offering together with it) here on Redhat > 6.2, and my solution was to simply unpack the tarball for it (source > is: mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.0rc3.tar.gz) and use it: I did not > even have to compile or build it, I could use it right after only > unpacking it ... so: no dependency problems at all with this method > here ... > > Following is a part of the install notes on > http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0/ > > ----------------------------------------------- > "1. Create a directory named " mozilla1.0.RC3 " (mkdir mozilla1.0.RC3) > and change to that directory (cd mozilla1.0.RC3 ). > > 2. Click the link to download the non-installer mozilla*.tar.gz file > into the mozilla1.0.RC3 directory. > > 3. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla1.0.RC3 ) and decompress > the file with the following command: > gunzip -dc moz*.tar.gz | tar -xvf > > [ ... or as I did, if I read my bash_history correctly: > tar zxvf moz*.tar.gz > --W.P. ] > > - (This creates a "mozilla" subdirectory under your mozilla1.0.RC3 > directory.) > > 4. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla). > > 5. Run Mozilla with the ./mozilla run script." > -------------------------------------------------- > > The point is that this new release, tho ,as it seems to me, having > been built mainly for i686 machines, even on my relatively slow i585 > machine is running faster than the previous release candidate, which > was a 1.0rc1 (?), IIRC ... and this last point is definitely a good > reason for me to install a new version, as the previous release I had > was slower than the new one is ... > > So if you like Mozilla, I'd really try the very latest release .. :) > > The only drawback for this install method seems to me, that I still do > not know how to fulfill the rule that the mozilla folks tell in one > of their README files from another source: > > "For all platforms, install into a clean (new) directory. > Installing on top of previously released builds may cause > problems. " > > But by following this last rule I still don't see a possibility how > future Mozilla installs (i.e. installed by the method from above) > atomatically could read my old Mozilla bookmarks, preferences files > etc if I install these future Mozillas into a fresh directory ... > > I'll wait and see (and save my current Mozilla preferences files for > future releases :) > > But: at least this last install (1.0rc3) read my old user > .mozilla files from the previous rpm install .... > > Good luck :) > > Regards > Wolfgang > > > > >[ ... ] > > > > Hidong > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > New Key on: http://home.t-online.de/home/520050060325-0001/ > Key fingerprint = 40CD 52DF A5AC 66A3 C0F4 F54D 0B0B 9ED1 860A 9B64 > > http://www.geocities.com/wolfgangpfeiffer/ > > -- END TRANSMISSION -- > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
