Randall R Schulz wrote:
Patrick,
On Thursday 20 January 2005 13:50, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) <hylton@global.co.za> [01-20-05 13:49]:
My biggest fear is that, as I do not know how to compile and am really a mouse tickler, I do not want to install a later version of Mozilla or OOo, find it doesn't work and then be unable to point and click to un-install it so my system is left as though I had never installed the 'offending' app. Mozilla and OOo are the two most crucial at the moment as they are helping me look for and apply for employment, and I will not have that help destroyed.
Mozilla and OOo are 'static' installations. They do not require lib's off your system. ...
How certain are you of that?
% ldd /usr/local/mozilla1.7.5/mozilla-bin....... [snip] Sorry to jump in here but the actual question still remains.
Whilst ldd does print shared library dependencies, reading the man page doesn't seem to help me determine what the command would be to create a list of files shared between OOo and Mozilla ie $ldd -v mozilla OpenOffice.org > ~/Sharedfilelist In other words: Let us assume both Mozilla and OOo share/use system file1. I now update Mozilla and it replaces file1 with file1a, as it requires a newer version. OOo now does not function as it is expecting its shared system file to be called file1 and it cannot get what it needs out of the new file 1a. Therefore the safest option, to use both programs, is to downgrade Mozilla to its previous version so that file1 is again installed and OOo can function as it should. Perhaps when the next version of OOo comes out it will support using the file1a type of file allowing both Mozilla and OOo to be upgraded as they can now both use the file1a.
Patrick Shanahan
Randall Schulz
Hylton Conacher