[KLUG Members] Mozilla and Firefox

[Andrew Eidson]

The Tar file that I download.. I extracted and then just changed to the
firefox dir and ran ./firefox.. I did not do an make install or anything
else. Just created a launcher when I was done.

-----Original Message-----
From: members-admin@kalamazoolinux.org
[mailto:members-admin@kalamazoolinux.org]On Behalf Of Bruce Smith
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:04 AM
To: KLUG
Subject: Re: [KLUG Members] Mozilla and Firefox


> <RANT>It seems many projects treat binary releases as ugly bastard
children.  I
> know I only tried this because someone just posted a link to a binary RPM;
and
> I don't consider myself a novice or afraid of "tar
> xzvf...;./configure;make;make install"</RANT>

Here's a rant for you.  I'm not afraid of tar/configure/make either, but
I am afraid of "make install".  I don't like it sticking files all over
my filesystem because I know in a few months when it's time to upgrade
to firecoyote 0.9 (or whatever they rename it next time) I won't know
what to delete to get rid of firefox 0.8, and I don't want all these
stray files using up my disk space.

IMO, the main advantage of RPM's is UN-installing, not installation.
I will wait for a pre-packaged RPM (or build my own) just for that
advantage.

> Huh... over a T1 the binary package had finished downloading before the
Red
> Carpet 'install external package' dialog box had finished painting its
widgets.
>  rub... rub.. rub...

Over our multilink dual-T1's, Red-Carpet didn't get a chance to
START painting it's widgets!  BIG RUB!   ;-)

 - BS


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