---------- Original Message ----------- From: Dave Sherman <dsherman@real-time.com> To: "RedHat 8.0" <psyche-list@redhat.com> Sent: 12 Jan 2003 13:49:19 -0600 Subject: Re: Mozilla & Sound > On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 10:54, Mike Vanecek wrote: > > I have thought about 1.2.1. I have read that one needs to remove 1.0.1 first. > > What happens to all the plug-in additions (plugger, java!!!, and so on) when > > one rpm -e 1.0.1? I have a ton of work to get those plug-ins to work. > > > > Also, I have read that 1.2.1 and java on RH 8 are not real compatible because > > of gcc library differences. It is critical to me for the java plug-in to work. > > One of the first things I did after installing RedHat 8, was to > "upgrade" Mozilla to 1.2.1 -- piece of cake. Just make sure you install > it to a new directory (I used /usr/lib/mozilla-1.2.1/ ), then copy the > files from /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1/plugins/ to the plugins directory in > the new Mozilla install directory. After that, you can remove the old > Mozilla. > > In fact, I installed the xft-enabled RedHat rpms, and it looks > beautiful! I had forgotten how nice it is to have anti-aliased fonts > when browsing the web. Java works perfectly, as do my other plugins like > Flash. And 1.2.1 has been very stable for me, too, in spite of the > warnings at the Mozilla website about using the xft-enabled version. OK, thanks, I will take a look at it. Knowing to install it in a different directory will save me a bunch of time. I thought I would just get rpm -ivh mozilla-nspr-1.2.1-0_rh8_xft.i386.rpm rpm -ivh mozilla-1.2.1-0_rh8_xft.i386.rpm since all I need is a browser. However, I am a little unclear on this one, but if I use the rpms, won't it install in the directory specified when the rpm was created? I guess I could copy the plugins to a temp directory and then do the install. Thanks. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
