"duraid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This message was sent from Geocrawler.com by "duraid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Personally, I like to install recent builds by > >hand... however, if you > >want a debian package, you'll have to get the > >most recent out of > >sid/unstable (stable and testing still have M18 > >for some reason). > > can you please explain how do you install by > hand.. donwload the source and compile? are there > any special options? >
Compiling is one way (if you want to compile, I suggest pulling from cvs but you can also download source tarballs from ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly). I've never done this (successfully) since I don't have enough hard disk space to accomodate the temp files that the compilation generates so I can't tell you what options to use when compiling. For more information, you may find the FAQ helpful (see section 2: "Building Mozilla" if you wish to compile it yourself). You can find this document at http://www.mozilla.org/docs/mozilla-faq.html However, the easiest way to install mozilla by hand, and the one I use, is to download the precompiled tarballs (rpms are also available, but I don't suggest them if you're running Debian) from ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly (or look in the 'latest' directory for the most recent builds for each platform). http://www.mozilla.org also has links to packages for the latest version under the heading "Download Mozilla" To install the tarball, simply unpack it somewhere (in your home directory if you only want to run it as user or, as root, in /usr/local if you want all users to be able to run it) then cd into the directory and run it with the command "./mozilla" You may also want to create a symbolic link somewhere within your path so that you don't have to run it from the directory you unpacked it into. Assuming you've downloaded the tarball to your home directory (~/): $ cd ~/ $ tar zxvf mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz $ cd mozilla $ ./mozilla or, assuming ~/bin is in your path: $ cd ~/ $ tar zxvf mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz $ ln -s ./mozilla/mozilla ~/bin/. $ mozilla or $ su $ cd /usr/local $ tar zxvf [path-to-tarball]/mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz $ ln -s mozilla/mozilla /usr/bin/. $ mozilla If you find any bugs, you can report them at http://bugzilla.mozilla.org but I suggest you first read the bug writing guidelines which can be found at http://www.mozilla.org/quality/bug-writing-guidelines.html Hope that helps.
