How to upgrade to Mozilla Firefox Browser 1.0

kopibean · Post by **kopibean** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:23 am

Hi, I have downloaded the Mozilla Firefox 1.0 from http://www.mozilla.org but was not sure how can I upgrade the existing Firefox 0.9 in my Gentoox to the latest version. I ran the installation program and it seem to run fine, but when I clicked on the Mozilla browser icon in my XFCE or type "firefox" on command shell, the 0.9 version is launched instead of 1.0 version. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

nobspangle · Post by **nobspangle** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 9:40 am

You should install using the emerge command.
If you've got plenty of time use

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emerge sync && emerge mozilla-firefox

If you don't want to wait ages use

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emerge sync && emerge mozilla-firefox-bin

I'm not sure which one is already installed on gentoox so you may need to do either

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emerge unmerge mozilla-firefox

or

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emerge unmerge mozilla-firefox-bin

first if you want to move from the binary version to the source version or vice-versa

kopibean · Post by **kopibean** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 3:21 pm

Thanks nobspangle, the instruction is perfect!!! Now I have upgraded my Mozilla browser to 1.0

smanky · Post by **smanky** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 5:36 am

real stupid question... well a few stupid questions... (1) where do I find the info on how to use the emerge command? (2) I downloaded the gimp, and I want to install it, but I have no idea how to do so. it's a tar.bz2 file.

I looked through the tutorials on this site about emerge unmerge etc and I couldn't find them.

Thanks

nobspangle · Post by **nobspangle** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 7:32 pm

This is a good place to start with emerge.
To install gimp you don't need to download the files from elsewhere just type
emerge gimp
and portage will sort it out for you.