Firefox 1.03 update question

dhave · 04-17-2005, 05:55 AM

Does the Firefox 1.0.3 update on www.linuxpackages.net smoothly update the Firefox 1.0.2 version that's available on Slackware Current? In the comment on the linuxpackage site, Jim, the packager, seems to imply that he's following Slackware's directory locations, but I wasn't sure.

Thanks.

xushi · 04-17-2005, 06:18 AM

It worked for me..

dhave · 04-17-2005, 05:46 PM

O.K., thanks for the info.

dhave · 04-18-2005, 04:42 PM

I can verify that the linuxpackages.net package for Firefox 1.0.3 smoothly updates the Firefox 1.0.2 package from Slackware Current. I used the upgradepkg command and it did just fine. So Jim must be following standard Slackware file locations and so forth, as his comment on the linuxpackages.net site seemed to imply.

detpenguin · 04-18-2005, 10:49 PM

i updated using the download from mozilla...i just had to recreate the links for java and mplayer plugins...but all my settings, bookmarks and such were still fine...

davidsrsb · 04-19-2005, 06:42 AM

Looks like I will have to try the Linuxpackages one then, nothing new in current for some time now. Samba is now also behind.

BroX · 04-19-2005, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by detpenguin
i updated using the download from mozilla...i just had to recreate the links for java and mplayer plugins...but all my settings, bookmarks and such were still fine...

If you put those plugins in your home dir ~/.mozilla/plugins/ then you don't have to do that next time.

Same for the searchplugins, but then one should remove the global searchplugin directory (in my case /usr/local/firefox/searchplugins), and recreate it as a link to the one in your home dir ~/.mozilla/searchplugins

By the way, I upgraded with the firefox installer from the mozilla website.

Cheers, Leon.

xushi · 04-19-2005, 09:10 AM

I'm more interested in preserving my adblock list (huge). It got deleted at one time when i manually reinstsalled Firefox.

But with LP's package, the list remained there (phew..)

reddazz · 04-19-2005, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by xushi
I'm more interested in preserving my adblock list (huge). It got deleted at one time when i manually reinstsalled Firefox.

But with LP's package, the list remained there (phew..)

Doesn't that kind of info get stored in your profile, so upgrading should just leave it intact.