Hi BobJ
Unless one is familiar with the packages included in a particular distro, it becomes tough to find out dependencies and install them from the appropriate CD disks. The best way would be a full install ('everything') mode of Red Hat 8.0. This will use all the 3 RH disks and u will become familiar with what packages reside in which CD.......Now, since you have already installed Red Hat 8, you can upgrade to full-install mode by going to
Start (Red Hat) -> System Settings -> Add/Remove Applications ...Select all unchecked packages and click on 'UPDATE'....
Now regarding your installation problem of Mozilla and thunderbird...do the following...
1. Download the Thunderbird tar.gz binary. Then untar and decompress it. Now run the setup script. It will give some errors due to failed dependencies..right?
2. Now, one by one, use google to search for rpms for the missing files...lets say...if the missing library was libcrypto.so, you just need to search google for the following term:
libcrypto.so+rpm
note: select the rpm for RedHat 8!
Now you have 2 options, either download the rpm from the internet or just note down the name of the rpm file that satisfies the dependency....or...locate that rpm file from the 3 redhat cds and install it from the CD...
Hope that helps..
--amit
Last edited by coolamit78; 04-01-2005 at 08:14 AM.
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