SuSE Linux: Versions since 8.0
Following the installation of the individual components, Mozilla needs to
perform an internal registration to function. However, this
requires files in the directory /opt/mozilla
to be written or modified.
As this can only be done by root
and you should never use
Mozilla as root
, execute SuSEconfig after the installation
of Mozilla packages before using the program for the first time.
If you performed the installation with YaST, SuSEconfig was executed
automatically. In the case of a manual installation, execute the following
command:
SuSEconfig --module mozilla
During the execution of SuSEconfig, the plug-ins found in the system for Flash, Acrobat, RealPlayer,
and Java2 will be integrated.
Mozilla updates by SuSE are available on our FTP server at
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/mozilla/
as well as on our mirrors.
Note: If you are using GNOME and Galeon or other software that makes use of the Mozilla libraries (kdebindings-mozilla, skipstone, galeon, evolution, etc.), refer to the section "GNOME".
Before installing the new RPMs, uninstall the old Mozilla packages with the command
rpm -e PACKAGENAME
and delete the directory /opt/mozilla
. Otherwise, some
files generated during runtime might be maintained and affect a newer
version of Mozilla. Then install the new packages with rpm -i
.
Starting from SuSE Linux 8.1, gcc-3.x is used to compile Mozilla, making Java support impossible. Since Java 2 by IBM and SUN is still compiled with gcc-2.x, these Java versions are incompatible with the Mozilla interface. Other plug-ins available only in binary form should work by means of a patch.
As an interim workaround, you could use Mozilla packages made available for SuSE Linux 8.0. However, you might encounter some problems and we cannot guarantee a smooth operation.
A Blackdown Java compiled with gcc 3.2 has recently been released and successfully tested with SuSE Mozilla. It can be downloaded from http://www.blackdown.org.
If you do not want Mozilla to use AA fonts (smoothed fonts), change the following
line in /opt/mozilla/defaults/pref/unix.js
as root
:
from
pref("font.FreeType2.enable", true);to
pref("font.FreeType2.enable", false);
Rigid dependencies may exist in connection with Mozilla and certain applications. This mainly affects the following selections:
--nodeps
.