Mozilla 1.2 upgrade

[Phaete]

I'm running SuSE 8.1 and am not sure if Mozilla 1.0.1 was installed/updated by SuSE as RPM or tar package. I want to upgrade to Mozilla 1.2 and wonder if I need to remove/uninstall the current Mozilla install.

I have read a few posts about this and haven't quite gotten all the info. I know I can install the new version from the .tar.gz ... just don't know if and how to remove the old version.

Thanks for any help.

[Bokkenka]

You can find out if it was installed as an RPM by running the following command...

rpm -qa | grep mozilla

This queries (q) the RPM, lists all (a) installed packages, and searches that list (grep) for the term mozilla. If it finds it, it will tell you what packages are installed and what versions.

If it's installed as an RPM, you can remove it with...

rpm -e package_names

There might be a few... mozilla, -chat, -devel, -mail, -nspr, etc.

If it's not installed as an RPM, you can just delete the directories that contain it. Run...

updatedb

...to update the database of files on the system. Then run...

locate mozilla

...to find out where it is. Most likely in /usr/local/mozilla . You can prob'ly just delete the directory.

Download the mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.2-sea.tar.gz file. Unzip it with...

tar -xzvf mozilla*

cd into the directory this creates, and run the mozilla-installer file. Follow the directions, and you're golden.

[Phaete]

Thanks for the helpful post. It appears I already have two versions of Mozilla installed. As suspected, the SuSE install must have installed version 0.9.8-56 and I must have installed from .tar(?) version 1.0.1

I assume I can rpm -e mozilla to remove the SuSE-installed package and manually delete files to remove version 1.0.1, then install mozilla 1.2

I may lose some bookmarks, etc., but I think I can get it. I wonder how the SuSE online automatic update deals with Mozilla 1.2 ~ I assume it will not recognize the install and I'll have to update manually (without the YaST2 automatic update).

This newbie appreciates your insight!

[Bokkenka]

You shouldn't lose your bookmarks... They are stored in your home, a couple directories down in ~/.mozilla/ .

I don't know about SuSE, but I'd guess you are right. Until they release an official 1.2 package, the updater won't be able to update it. Once you rpm -e the package, Mozilla will be removed from the package list, and I doubt the updater will even acknowledge that it's on the sytem.