[NTLUG:Discuss] Best way to upgrade Mozilla?

[Chris Cox]

Wayne Dahl wrote:
> I'm running an old version of Mozilla, 1.0.2, from RPM.  I'm trying to
> upgrade it to 1.6, but there is no RPM for it.  It only comes as a
> tar.gz file.  

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/mozilla/

> 
> I'm trying to remove the RPM before I attempt to unpack and install the
> new version, but I'm getting these errors when I attempt rpm -e
> mozilla-1.0.2-2.8.0
> 
> root at newcomputer Wayne-KDE]# rpm -e mozilla-1.0.2-2.8.0
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         libgkgfx.so is needed by (installed)
> mozilla-dom-inspector-1.0.2-2.8.0
...etc...
> Since the attempt to remove it failed, what's the best way to get rid of
> the old version before I install the new?  Also, a locate mozilla
> returns a lot of stuff from mozilla 1.0.1 that isn't installed as an RPM
> as rpm -q mozilla only returns

Try --nodeps.