[vox-tech] replacing firefox 1.0 with firefox 1.06

[Jonathan Stickel]

Chris Horsting wrote:
> Jay Strauss wrote:
> 
>> Chris Horsting wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I used a script.
>>>
>>
>> Chris, take it from someone who has learned the lesson first hand, 
>> provide detail to your questions.  Including (but not limited to):
>>
>> Distro and version
>> an accurate description of the steps you took and the results
>>
>> If you do not show that you took the time and the effort to give 
>> someone a chance to help, they won't give you the effort in return.
>>
>> I suspect that anyone on this list that can help you (which excuses 
>> me) needs to know:
>>
>> 1) what linux distribution you are running
>> 2) what version
>> 3) did you use some sort of package like and rpm or deb, or from source
>> 4) did you write this "script" you talked about (which I doubt), or 
>> did it come this the code you installed
>> 5) where did the new version get installed, where is the old version
>> 6) what's your path
>> ....
>>
>> HTH
>> Jay
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> 1) Fedora
> 2) Version 3.0

This helps a lot!  You can remove the fedora install of firefox by

# yum remove firefox

OR

# rpm -e firefox


> 3) The Name of the file  is firefox-1.0.6.installer.tar.gz
> 4) The script came with the package
> 5) The new version is at /home/chris/firedir/firefox-installer/  and the 
> application is x-shellscript.  I do not know where the old version is at.
> 6)  I am not sure about path.   Where the new version is installed to me 
> would be that path.  Also, I have a symbolic link from the firefox 
> installer directory to my desktop directory.
> 7)  I got the package from http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
> thanks
> Chris
> 
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