Re: [LUG] Web browser query...

[William Fidell <william@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anton Channing wrote:
> Can anyone explain why:
>
> Mozilla is installed in the /usr/lib directory
>
> Firefox is installed in the /etc directory
>
> and
>
> Konqueror is installed in the /usr/bin directory?
>
> I mean, they are all web browsers, so why do they
> get installed to different directories?
>
> Anton

Something that I like to do when compiling from source is let the 
program install to where is wants to, but make sure that it adds the
version to the end of the dir name.  Then I create a symbolic link to a 
path with not version number on the end.  E.g /usr/bin/firefox-1.0 
linked to /usr/bin/firefox.

At upgrade time I can keep me old installation, and just change the link 
to point at the newer version.  I am paranoid about new versions not 
working properly, so I like to be easily able to switch back.

To be fair though,  this isn't as useful with things like firefox as it 
is with apache, php and perl etc etc. Or CVS snapshops, I suppose.

Wills

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