Hi Group;
It is curious to me why people insist on using RPMs.
Just simply download it from the Mozilla source and install it.
"www.mozilla.org" They normally come with a very nice install.sh.
install.sh is a custom build install script to run in a XWindow
Managers which allows you to install the file anywhere. Best of all
they come from the people that supply the source files.
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 20:38:04 -0500
Patrick Shanahan
* Henry Harpending
[11-04-04 19:50]: Changing DPI fixed it by half. A new profile fixed it.
MozillaFirefox_0.12-1_i586.rpm
rpm -qi MozillaFirefox
Name : MozillaFirefox Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 0.12 Vendor: SuSE Linux AG, Nuernberg, Germany Release : 1 Build Date: Thu 04 Nov 2004 03:10:33 AM EST Install date: Thu 04 Nov 2004 01:17:09 PM EST Build Host: ivanova.suse.de Group : Productivity/Networking/Web/Browsers Source RPM: MozillaFirefox-0.12-1.src.rpm Size : 23930014 License: MPL/GPL Signature : DSA/SHA1, Thu 04 Nov 2004 03:46:08 AM EST, Key ID 1b1ac7a971423d59 Packager : http://www.suse.de/feedback URL : http://www.mozilla.org/ Summary : The OpenSource version of the Netscape browser Description : Originally based on the Netscape Navigator source, the Mozilla project grew to the and most advanced webbrowser currently available. It supports new techniques like CSS2, MathML, (SVG), XML, transparent PNGs and its look is fully themeable. Distribution: SuSE Linux 9.0 (i586)
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73 de Donn Washburn aka N5XWB
On Friday 05 November 2004 02:55, Donn L Washburn wrote:
Hi Group;
It is curious to me why people insist on using RPMs. Just simply download it from the Mozilla source and install it. "www.mozilla.org" They normally come with a very nice install.sh. install.sh is a custom build install script to run in a XWindow Managers which allows you to install the file anywhere. Best of all they come from the people that supply the source files.
The choice is yours. But it all comes down on package management. Better stick to 1 package management system (e.g. rpm) to keep things simple, and stick to rpms that are compatible with your distro. So I rather build my own rpm packages instead of installing a tarball. ;) Cheers, Leen
* Donn L Washburn
It is curious to me why people insist on using RPMs.
SuSE distro's are rpm based. Using non-rpm installs does not keep the rpm database up to date, causing problems with SuSE updates, etc.
Just simply download it from the Mozilla source and install it. "www.mozilla.org" They normally come with a very nice install.sh. install.sh is a custom build install script to run in a XWindow Managers which allows you to install the file anywhere. Best of all they come from the people that supply the source files.
But the SuSE rpms are crafted to _work_ with your SuSE system. ps: please read http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos
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