On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 09:45, Michael Bona wrote: > Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > > On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 12:57, Michael Bona wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> does anyone know a source for Mozilla Version 1.3 for Woody? Apt-get.org > >> does not seem to list any and I am really looking forward to the new > >> functionality. > >> > >> Thanks > >> Michael > > > > It is a wild idea, but I can see Mozilla.org's own installer for 1.3 at > > http://www.mozilla.org - tested here to install under /opt, it works > > fine, just isn't maintained by the Debian packaging system. > > Well, I am all for wild ideas ;-) I am only wondering if my .mozilla > directory will become confused, if I have to re-install all the plugins > etc. Any experiences with having both a Debian Mozilla and an "original" > Mozilla on the same machine (and the same user)? > > Thanks > Michael Nah - I've been running both the Debian maintained and the Mozilla.org versions since the mid-Milestone days, against the same .mozilla, and have seen no hiccups, although I don't use it for email, but by 1.3, it should be generally okay there. As to plugins, that is something that does need to be re-installed. Copy your /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins files to /opt/mozilla/plugins (except for the javaplugin.so - that needs to be a symbolic link instead) and start up /opt/mozilla/mozilla, and all should be fine. A note, however - the Mozilla entry on your menu will still be for the older version - you need to either set up a separate launcher (if you are using something like Gnome or KDE, WindowMaker or AfterStep) or add a personal menu or favorite or however it is defined by your preferred Window Manager. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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