I know I have a pretty old distro (RH9 2.4.20-8), but it works fine with the only application I need it for (SAP Netweaver '04 test-drive). Unfortunately, when configuring the web services module in SAP, web services failed because Mozilla was not supported.


(*) This browser is not supported (IE>=550;NN>=700;Mozilla>=*;SAP WAS>=0;Mozilla=120)

Admittedly, the SAP error message is a bit cryptic but investigating this I believe the Mozilla release 1.2.1 is too old. My question is, how best to upgrade it ?

I've downloaded Mozilla-1.7.12-2.0.rh9.kde.i386.rpm, but do I run rpm with -U (to upgrade), and which directory (--prefix) should I force it into?

And is this the best way to do it. Can I use the latest version of Firefox with RH9 ?

Thanks

Yes install the update using the -U sswitch no need to force it any place.

Yes the latest version of firefox can be used on RHL9;

http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat....0.1-9.src.rpm

Build the binary and install from the source listed above.

Thanks for that, but decided that Firefox might be too recent for by application. When trying to upgrade Mozilla, hit a few problems...

Ran: rpm -U mozilla-1.7.12-2.0.rh9.kde.i386.rpm

Got:
warning: mozilla-1.7.12-2.0.rh9.kde.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID ff6382fa
error: Failed dependencies:
libnss3.so(NSS_3.7) is needed by mozilla-1.7.12-2.0.rh9.kde
mozilla-nss = 37:1.7.12-2.0.rh9.kde is needed by mozilla-1.7.12-2.0.rh9.kde
nspr >= 4.6 is needed by mozilla-1.7.12-2.0.rh9.kde
mozilla = 1.2.1-26 is needed by (installed) mozilla-mail-1.2.1-26

I already have libnss.so in /usr/lib, but dated from 2003.

Since royally messing up GNOME (see earlier posts!) I'm playing it very cautious and hoping to be advised by more experienced people!

OK, instead of using the mozilla-1.7.12-2.0.rh9.kde.i386.rpm visit;

http://www.fedoralegacy.org/

learn how to install and learn how use yum to upgrade mozilla;

mozilla-1.7.12-0.90.2.legacy.i386.rpm
mozilla-mail-1.7.12-0.90.2.legacy.i386.rpm
mozilla-nspr-1.7.12-0.90.2.legacy.i386.rpm
mozilla-nss-1.7.12-0.90.2.legacy.i386.rpm

Thanks, you've problem saved me a heap of problems!