[wellylug] trouble installing firefox into Mandrake 10.1

[Rosemary McGillicuddy]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:29, Cliff Pratt wrote:
> Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 21:55, Cliff Pratt wrote:
> >>Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
> >>>>Is there any reason you can't use a package? Assuming that
> >>>>there is a package and/or you really need 1.0?
> >>>
> >>>I went to easyurpmi but didn't really understand how it works and so far
> >>>haven't found any real documentation to explain it to me.  I am
> >>> currently downloading rpm for it, so hope that will be easier.
> >>
> >>It's a good bet that if there is an rpm for it it will be
> >>easier.
> >
> > Yes  it very much easier and I've used it - so very happy.
>
> It will repay you heaps to understand the packaging system
> of your distro of choice. I always try all sources to find a
> package rather than use a tarball (gzipped or not).
>
> Packages go on and more importantly update and remove much
> more easily than a tar.gz file.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cliff

Thanks for that advice - noted.

Regards

Rosemary