Hi, Am 12.03.2010 16:42, schrieb Randall R Schulz:
I'd like to try Firefox 3.5 or 3.6 on my openSUSE 11.1 system(s) where I now run the stock 3.0.18.
I looked at the software index (http://software.opensuse.org/search) and found several candidates repositories, but when I tried adding them (I tried a few, one at a time) to my package repository list and installing, I either ran into problems (unsatisfied dependencies) or the option only to upgrade my existing Firefox. Because I'm uncertain about support for various add-ons that are critical to me, I'd prefer to keep my 3.0 installed while adding the 3.5 or 3.6 for evaluation purposes.
So my questions:
- Which repository is my best choice for a Firefox 3.5 or 3.6 installation?
3.6: mozilla 3.5 and 3.0: mozilla:legacy
- Can I have 3.0 and 3.5 or 3.6 installed side-by-side? If so, will they interfere with each other in terms of my personal configuration (stuff residing in ~/.mozilla/)?
The packages are not meant to be installable in parallel. By switching between versions your profile could get confused as well. The obvious stuff is kept compatible afaik but I would not trust it completely and migration of data only happens the first time between migrated data structures. I'd be careful at least. 3.0 is almost out of maintenance already so switching to 3.5 or even 3.6 would be my recommendation.
- Is there any reason to keep my existing 3.0 installation? The add-ons that are essential to me are:
- Tab Mix Plus - FlashBlock - Adobe Reader plug-in - Java plug-in - Flash plug-in
I don't think there is any issue with those if you upgrade to 3.5. There _might_ be a few issues left with 3.6 (i.e. Java is different as 3.6 only supports the "new" plugin which is only available from recent Sun Java versions).
Add-ons I'd like to keep include: - Firebug - Web Developer - RealPlayer plug-in - PDF Download - Oxygen Theme
Not sure about web developer but the others should be no problem. Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org