Mozilla apps?

[Johnneylee Rollins]

On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
> What is the usual lag time between the release of an updated Mozilla app
> and when it is packaged and available to be installed with one of the
> package managers?
>
> Is there a downside to installing them manually?  I just installed
> Firefox 3.6 on a test machine and it seems to be working well.  I
> noticed the directory structure seems to be very different than the
> version installed by default.  Also I noticed that version 3.6 picked up
> all my bookmarks from the default install.  I know in OS/2 I can do this
> with an environmental variable how is it done in Ubuntu?
>
> Is using Ubuntuzilla a good option?  I haven't been using Ubuntu long
> enough to fully understand it.  I did notice that there seems to be some
> problems/difficulties using it on a 64bit system, which I have.
>
> Thanks,  Jim
>
You can always use auto-apt and checkinstall to install it.
Look them up.
I used it to install pianobar from source. After touching it up a bit.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CheckInstall
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutoApt

~SpaceGhost

> --
> ubuntu-users mailing list
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
>