Basil Chupin wrote:
Kai Ponte wrote:
On Monday 11 February 2008 08:59:05 pm Basil Chupin wrote:
OK, I'll bite!
What 'enhancements' are provided by openSUSE?
(I can see your tongue-in-cheek :-) .)
Stupid question - but...
..if you wanted to roll your own version of software_x, and still have it in the package management system, then couldn't one compile said software and then use checkinstall to create an RPM?
Then if an update comes out wouldn't that then work nice with the<insert> distro here> package management system?
Aaargh!
Kai, my sincere apologies for my earlier response.
I misread what you wrote and took it the wrong way.
Again, my sincere apologies.
Yes, I guess what you stated in your response is correct. One could roll an RPM from a tarball from Mozilla.org and install it.
Only difference is that the tarball would need to be somehow altered to make it install in the default location where openSUSE normally installs FF.
I always simply untar the tarball and "install" (ie, replace the /mozilla directory ) FF in my home directory - because I am the only user of my system. What one would need to do to have it available for multiple users of the OS I cannot say.
The proper place is /usr/local or /opt -- just in case you allow other users on your system, or eventually get a job doing administration/systems engineering, then you're already in the habit of putting stuff in the right place. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org