Re: Mozilla package (was Re: Mozilla 0.9.5, font sizes)
"duraid" <latif2221@home.com> writes:
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> >Personally, I like to install recent builds by
> >hand... however, if you
> >want a debian package, you'll have to get the
> >most recent out of
> >sid/unstable (stable and testing still have M18
> >for some reason).
>
> can you please explain how do you install by
> hand.. donwload the source and compile? are there
> any special options?
>
Compiling is one way (if you want to compile, I suggest pulling from cvs
but you can also download source tarballs from
ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly). I've never done this
(successfully) since I don't have enough hard disk space to accomodate
the temp files that the compilation generates so I can't tell you what
options to use when compiling.
For more information, you may find the FAQ helpful (see section 2:
"Building Mozilla" if you wish to compile it yourself). You can find
this document at http://www.mozilla.org/docs/mozilla-faq.html
However, the easiest way to install mozilla by hand, and the one I use,
is to download the precompiled tarballs (rpms are also available, but I
don't suggest them if you're running Debian) from
ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly (or look in the 'latest' directory
for the most recent builds for each platform).
http://www.mozilla.org also has links to packages for the latest version
under the heading "Download Mozilla"
To install the tarball, simply unpack it somewhere (in your home
directory if you only want to run it as user or, as root, in /usr/local
if you want all users to be able to run it) then cd into the directory
and run it with the command "./mozilla"
You may also want to create a symbolic link somewhere within your path
so that you don't have to run it from the directory you unpacked it
into.
Assuming you've downloaded the tarball to your home directory (~/):
$ cd ~/
$ tar zxvf mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
$ cd mozilla
$ ./mozilla
or, assuming ~/bin is in your path:
$ cd ~/
$ tar zxvf mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
$ ln -s ./mozilla/mozilla ~/bin/.
$ mozilla
or
$ su
$ cd /usr/local
$ tar zxvf [path-to-tarball]/mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
$ ln -s mozilla/mozilla /usr/bin/.
$ mozilla
If you find any bugs, you can report them at http://bugzilla.mozilla.org
but I suggest you first read the bug writing guidelines which can be
found at http://www.mozilla.org/quality/bug-writing-guidelines.html
Hope that helps.
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