Re: mozilla RPM installation woes
On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 09:32:33PM -0800, Jonathan Leybovich wrote:
> Hi All;
>
> Wondering if anyone has been successful so far
> installing the latest Mozilla builds on Debian/Sparc .
> I've downloaded Sparc RPMS for versions 0.9.6-0.9 of
> Mozilla, and everytime I try using alien to convert
> the *.rpm into a *.deb, RPM complains that Mozilla has
> been packaged using a version of itself > 3 . Running
> the `file` command confirms that my Mozilla download
> has been packaged using RPM4, and I've noticed that
> even all the i386 builds of Mozilla in the RedHat6.x
> directory seem to use RPM4.
>
> Any thoughts on how I can install Mozilla without: a)
> compiling it on my own, b) running the Solaris version
> in emulation, or c) possibly destroying my system by
> compiling & then installing the latest version of
> libc6 so that I can install a RPM4 *.deb ? I'm eager
> to move from my PC to my Ultra1 and this Mozilla
> problem is the only thing stopping me. Thanks in
> advance for any help.
You do realize that we have mozilla 0.9.6 already available for Debian,
from Debian, in .deb format and for sparc?
Add this to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://nonus.debian.org/debian-non-US sid/non-US main
Install mozilla-browser
Ben
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