[NTLUG:Discuss] Best way to upgrade Mozilla?

[Stuart Johnston]

Victor Brilon wrote:
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> Stuart Johnston wrote:
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>> If none of the RPMS mentioned in other message work for you: if you 
>> are installing from tar.gz you really don't need to remove the RPMs.  
>> The tar.gz installer will usually put the new version under 
>> /usr/local/ where it will not confict with the old RPM version.
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> That's not quite true. The RPM installs stuff in places like 
> /usr/lib/mozilla and such.

Exactly,

Original Distro RPM version stays in /usr/lib/mozilla
and
New Mozilla.org tar.gz version goes in /usr/local/mozilla

No Conflicts!