mozilla 0.9.6 installation
 

I have Mandrake 8.1 comes standard with mozilla 0.9.4 went to mozilla.org and downloaded mozilla 0.9.6

it shows that the download is 9962 kb big, but it load more than that and in shell it say the following

gtk-critical xx file gtk progress.c: LINE 518 (gtk_progress_set_percentage):assertion' percentage > 0&& percentage L=1.0 failed.

Whats wrong and what can I do

Thanks

ignore it, it happens to everyone that uses the installer builds. the installation will finish normally.there is a bug filled on this at mozilla.

mozilla java
 

i disconneced in the meantime does that mean i have to do the whole download all over again .

If you are using Mandrake.... don't use the installer. Download the RPMS and install them with If you use "wget" with the "-c" switch you can resume your downloads, its a command line app so fire up a terminal (konsole, gnome-terminal, xterm, aterm, rxvt, eterm, power terminal, etc) and:

i'm not sure. it might pickup where it left off, but i've never tried it.

mozilla
 

After the insallation what happens to 0.9.4 and will 0.9.6 recognize the java script and flash or do I have to tweak something in order to make it work

If you upgrade using the installer then you will have a confused mixture of the two versions of Mozilla, and the RPM database will still think you have the old version - so using that is a very bad idea.

If you use the rpm install, the old (non config) files will be removed and the new versions will be installed.

JavaScript is a Mozilla built in and will not be effected.

Java and Flash are provided by plugins, and they have survived upgrading using rpm on my system (before I zapped Red Hat and replaced it with Debian).

i installed now mozilla 0.9.6 the tar.gz file

problem is i can only run it from shell and the old version is still there also mozilla 0.9.6 doesnt recognize the flash and java script
what must I do.

Thanks

What can you do?....

Heed all my earlier warnings, download the rpm packaged version, and install that.

And there is no way that Mozilla will fail to recognise Java Scripts unless you disable it in preferences. Java Applets maybe, but JavaScript and Java (which is used to write Java Applets) have as little in common as toast and motorcycles.

first of all, the rpm database is not as big a deal as doward would have you believe

as root do rpm --rebuilddb if your worried about it.
next, javascript is built in, check your preferences. the plugins directory gets overwritten during the upgrade so you will have to download them or copy/paste flash and what ever else from netcape 6 or netcape 4.7x. to get java to work you need the java plugin that that has _oji in the file name, all others will not work. if your using KDE, right click the desktop and choose - link to application, browse to /usr/local/mozilla/mozilla-bin to create a new link. or modify the old link to point to the new mozilla version.

hi dorward,

i did the rpm installation and got the following message

mozilla <>-s 0.9.4 is needed by mozilla.mail-0.9.4.--3mdk

i had the option of quit and force

i force and next message is

file/usr/lib.libnspr4.so from install of mozilla conflicts with file form package libnsp4-4.1-6mdk


what now?

Mozilla comes in several bits, you can't mix bits from different versions.

Either uninstall the mail client

or install the new mail client

(You need the mozilla-mail-some.version.i386.rpm in the same directory)

Eventually
 

Thanks everyone for your input I have now the new version of Mozilla just one last thing ...

How can I create a short cut from my desktop to mozilla at the moment i have to go to run command and type mozilla

what must I do

Thanks again

It depends on which dekstop you use.

If it was my system I would open up ~/.palettrc and add a line like Mozilla=/path/to/mozilla

Ah sorry i use KDE