Help to update Mozilla on Slack 9.1
 

Hello,

I've just read that the Mozillacrew releases the Mozilla 1.6 browser.
I'm however not able to find any .tgz pakages. Can I download a standard Mozilla .rpm pakage or how to do?

Go here and click on "Linux". The file is a .tar.gz

Yes. Can I use the upgradepkg tool to install it?

Yes, I would imagine so.

It looks like the link is for an installer app.
Exactly how does one use upgradepkg with files that are not .tgz files.
Just wanting to learn. I know you can convert rpm2tgz with sort of mixed results. But never saw how to do the same to a tar.gz file. I suppose you could try to extract the binary out of the installer and then somehow build a .tgz package......

What does 'man upgradepkg' say about tar.gz files?

"upgradepkg upgrades a Slackware .tgz package from an older
version to a newer one."

I do not see any mention of tar.gz files when I read the doc. I also tried
man upgradepkg | grep tar.gz gives no result.

Have you tried installing it as it is? What happens?

How about getting the cvs tree and building it yourself? It takes an hour or two to build and about 500 MB (more with the debug build), but it is very satisfying.

You could removepkg the old one and use the installer from mozilla to install the new version.

The tar.gz mentioned above is not a Slackware package. Mozilla is either distributed as a binary or you can download the net installer file. I built 1.6 from source. If you type "about:buildconfig" in the address bar of your existing version of Mozilla, you'll see the arguments you should pass to the configure script. Don't forget --enable-xft, the fonts will look like garbage without it!

Slackware-current will sooner or later have the latest Mozilla won't they? I'm going to wait.

It's a binary package. You download it, tar xzvf it and run it. Simple as pie.... Firebird's still better :O

Should we delete our current Mozilla first or will it upgrade it?

I believe, most of your user specific information (bookmarks, skins etc.) are all saved in your home directory under .mozilla (its .phoenix for Firebird) so as you don't have to delete the old one (you can have multiple versions on the same computer), but if you do want to save space, remember to move you plugins and whatnot to the new directory (in the new Mozilla 1.6 one that is) so you don't have to bother with re-installing them. Good luck!