[Sussex] Windows bye-bye

[Geoff Teale]

Hi there Gavin,

A couple of things:

1. If you have enough bandwidth then you don't need to get Debian 3
disks to upgrade to Debian 3. Debian is built around their online
repositories which means that by just keeping your packages up to date
you will never need to install from a new release disk again.  For exact
instructions on how to do the upgrade on Debian I'd wait for the
inevitable post from Steve Dobson or Nik Butler - both fine Debian
zealots.

2. The mozilla file you have should probably be something like this:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.5a/mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.5a-sea.tar.gz

.. if your's ends sea.gz then that's probably a typo by the person who
zipped it up.  The -sea part of the name distinguishes this as being the
main codebase (codenamed SeaMonkey) rather than Firebird or one of the
other Mozilla sub-projetcs.  What you need to do with this file is as
follows:

- Open a term and cd to directory the tar ball is in.
$ tar xzvf mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.5a-sea.tar.gz
$ cd mozilla-i686-pc-linux-1.5a-sea

In here you should find a README and possibly an INSTALL file - read
these carefully.  In most cases code distributed in a tar ball can be
compiled and installed using:

$ ./configure
$ make
$ su 
$ make install

.. that's fine, but do read the docs, some packages have different
processes and lots of configure options.
-- 
GJT
tealeg at member.fsf.org
gteale at cmedltd.com
 	 

On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 00:05, sussex-admin at mailman.lug.org.uk wrote:
> Evening all,
> 
> I finally did the deed & banished Windows from my computer.
> 
> I'm now running Debian as my sole OS.... but therein lies a tale:
> 
> I received the CDs for Debian 3 a few weeks ago, but when I came to use 
> them, the first CD wouldn't work. CheepLinux sent a replacement & that 
> wouldn't work either, so I unearthed my CDs for 2.2r4 & had no problems. 
> This is what I am running now, until the CDs for Woody are sorted out.
> 
> However, after all my concerns about installing Debian, I must have learned 
> something from last time because it wasn't too bad & it certainly looks 
> good on my main machine, using icewm.
> 
> In order to simplify printing (& better reflect my needs) I managed to find 
> a S/H HP Laserjet 4000N for £50 & it works fine for now. I'll doubtless 
> have a few questions later about that.
> 
> I hope this e-mail looks OK - I'm trying the mail client in Opera 7.11, 
> which I installed about a minute before writing this.
> 
> Oh yes: I want to the latest version of Mozilla - preferably as a .deb 
> although I can't find one on the Mozilla site. If a .deb doesn't exist, 
> what does one do with a ".sea.gz" (I think), which is how Mozilla seems to 
> be offered on the site?
> 
> Enough from me,
> 
> Gavin.
> 
> 
> 
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GJT
tealeg at member.fsf.org
gteale at cmedltd.com