Other Help Topics :: Upgrading



Hello every one,
                         I have been trying to get one version or another of Linux going on and off for the last few years.

I am happy to report that thanks to DSL live CD I have finally succeded.  :D ...

It is now also installed on my hard drive and it is running great.

I have one small issue and that is that some of the web sites I visit do not work with earlier versions of Firefox ...... so I want to upgrade to a later version.

I have downloaded the upgrade to the down loads file but I don't know how to instal the upgrade. I am sure this is a pretty basic thing to do and if someone can point me to a "How to" instuction somewhere I would appreciate it

Many thanks

Have a fantastic day

Stewart
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I have downloaded the upgrade to the down loads file but I don't know how to instal the upgrade.
Could you explain what you mean by this, and how you got around to it?

The easiest way, would be to load one of the extensions from MyDSL.
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I have one small issue and that is that some of the web sites I visit do not work with earlier versions of Firefox ...... so I want to upgrade to a later version.

Out of curiosity, what websites don't work? Do you really mean entire sites aren't "working" or do you just not have specific plug-ins required for some of them?
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I have downloaded the upgrade to the down loads file but I don't know how to instal the upgrade. I am sure this is a pretty basic thing to do and if someone can point me to a "How to" instuction somewhere I would appreciate it

What did you download? Was firefox 2.0.0.3? You need to know if you have any dependency issues before you try anything -- and hats is right that the easiest way to upgrade is from MyDSL.

Here's what you have to check before you get started:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/system-requirements.html

Have you upgraded to GTK2? Won't work without it.

Once you know it won't crash due to unmet dependencies, it's basically just a matter of unzipping. It'll overwrite the old files from the previous version so you're up the creek if you don't do a full back up of the files (various directories) and it doesn't work.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.3/releasenotes/#install

FWIW, I installed the latest version of SeaMonkey (GTK1 version) the other day and it's working well. Well, it's fine aside from occasionally crashing when I refuse to install the @$#% flash plug in. Easy solution for me: I'm deleting bookmarks of sites that require flash now.

original here.