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Newbie: Installing Mozilla 1.5
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| Michael 2004-01-23, 7:27 pm |
| Hi! =0)
Yes, I'm a newbie... but so far I like Red Hat 9 a lot! MUCH
better than Mandrake so far!
Here's my question: Went to
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla....redhat/9/SRPMS/
to downloaded Mozilla 1.5. Where should I download it to so it is the
default browser for everyone?
Also... What about Flash and Shockwave? Macromedia's site says I
have to install it from the *gulp* command prompt... but doesn't say how.
Like I said... I'm a newbie when it comes to Linux... Thanks!
You can email me @yahoo under the name "slamspam" Thanks again! =0)
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| Lenard 2004-01-23, 7:27 pm |
| On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 11:00:04 -0800, Michael typed:
quote:
> Hi! =0)
> Yes, I'm a newbie... but so far I like Red Hat 9 a lot! MUCH
> better than Mandrake so far!
> Here's my question: Went to
> http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla....redhat/9/SRPMS/
> to downloaded Mozilla 1.5. Where should I download it to so it is the
> default browser for everyone?
> Also... What about Flash and Shockwave? Macromedia's site says I
> have to install it from the *gulp* command prompt... but doesn't say
> how.
> Like I said... I'm a newbie when it comes to Linux... Thanks!
> You can email me @yahoo under the name "slamspam" Thanks again! =0)
OK Back up a bit, you downloaded the source RPM file. You did not need to
do this unless you want to compile the mozilla-1.5 RPM's yourself. If this
is want you want to do then as root from the console or xterm session
type; rpmbuild --rebuild --recompile mozilla-1.5-1.src.rpm
If you get an error then most likely you need to install the gtk2-devel
package, it should be on one of the RH9 Linux CD's. Find it and install it
by typing something like; rpm -ivh gtk2-devel*.rpm and try again.
If everything goes OK type; cd /usr/src/redhat/i386
You should see a number of compiled RPMS that you can install. Just follow
the directions (minus the downloading part) below.
First figure out the compiled RPM's you need, from the console or xterm
session type; rpm -qa | grep mozilla
This will create a list of the installed (via RPM) mozilla packages. Use
this as your guide to download the upgrades to mozilla from here;
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla..../redhat/9/i386/
Download them to a common location then as root from the console or xterm
session type something like; rpm -Fvh mozilla*.rpm (this will install them
all at once) If you see a message about Evolution or some other
application depending on the older version of mozilla try using;
rpm -Fvh mozilla*.rpm --nodeps
As far as installing Macromedia's Flash plugin just follow the directions
here; http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html
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| Michael 2004-01-23, 7:27 pm |
| HI, Lenard! =0)
Thanks for the info... and no, I didn't really want to compile it from
scratch. My only real complaint with Linux in general has been the
difficulty of installing new packages. When I was tinkering with
Mandrake I tried to install OpenOffice 1.1, followed the directions...
and it would only bring up the word processor. Nothing else. (and it
had detailed installation instructions!)
Now that I'm tinkering with Red Hat it seems a lot easier to deal
with, but still not as easy as Windows. Why can't I just download the
file, be it OpenOffice or Mozilla, download it to the root directory,
click, install, done? The Flash download from macromedia.com says I
have to install from the command prompt only. Obviously I've got some
studying to do... Got my copy of "Teach Yourself Linux" and starting at
Chapter 1. LOL Need to update Mozilla (love that popup killer!) and
OpenOffice on Red Hat... Hopefully with better luck this time. Thanks
for your help, and your patience! =0)
Type to ya later,
Mike
PS I am writing this on my Red Hat Linux box... I figure if I force
myself to use it, I will learn it. Same way I learned Windows, and I do
great with Windows. =0)
Lenard wrote:quote:
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> OK Back up a bit, you downloaded the source RPM file. You did not need to
> do this unless you want to compile the mozilla-1.5 RPM's yourself. If this
> is want you want to do then as root from the console or xterm session
> type; rpmbuild --rebuild --recompile mozilla-1.5-1.src.rpm
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| yacoubean 2004-01-23, 7:27 pm |
| Michael wrote:quote:
> HI, Lenard! =0)
> Thanks for the info... and no, I didn't really want to compile it
> from scratch. My only real complaint with Linux in general has been the
> difficulty of installing new packages. When I was tinkering with
> Mandrake I tried to install OpenOffice 1.1, followed the directions...
> and it would only bring up the word processor. Nothing else. (and it
> had detailed installation instructions!)
> Now that I'm tinkering with Red Hat it seems a lot easier to deal
> with, but still not as easy as Windows. Why can't I just download the
> file, be it OpenOffice or Mozilla, download it to the root directory,
> click, install, done? The Flash download from macromedia.com says I
> have to install from the command prompt only. Obviously I've got some
> studying to do... Got my copy of "Teach Yourself Linux" and starting at
> Chapter 1. LOL Need to update Mozilla (love that popup killer!) and
> OpenOffice on Red Hat... Hopefully with better luck this time. Thanks
> for your help, and your patience! =0)
> Type to ya later,
> Mike
> PS I am writing this on my Red Hat Linux box... I figure if I force
> myself to use it, I will learn it. Same way I learned Windows, and I do
> great with Windows. =0)
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> Lenard wrote:
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Michael,
I was where you are not too long ago, so I'll try to give a hand.
The Mozilla installation instructions are great, but you do have to use
the command prompt. Don't be afraid of the command prompt! If you want
to use Linux regularly, you'll need the command prompt. There's no way
around it.
http://www.mozilla.org/releases/moz...tion.html#linux
As far as flash, go to macromedia's site and download the file. In the
command prompt, get to the location of the file (using 'cd
insert_directory_name' to go forward, and 'cd ..' to go backward until
you get to your spot...you may need to type 'pwd' to find out where you
currently are, and then go from there). Then type:
tar xzvf install_flash_player_6_linux.tar.gz
This creates a new directory called install_flash_player_6_linux, and
move into that:
cd install_flash_player_6_linux
Then type:
../flashplayer-installer
This will run the flash installer. One question it may ask you that you
could have trouble with is the installation directory of Mozilla. This
by default is /usr/local/mozilla, but I think the flash player installer
says something different. It gives you the chance to change the
location. If you're not sure of where mozilla lives, type in 'locate
mozilla' at the command prompt (you can press ctrl+c to cancel the flash
player install if you need to) and scroll through the results to see
what looks like the base install dir for mozilla. You should see a
bunch of results with 'chrome' in them. The part before /chrome would
be your mozilla install dir.
Good luck!
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