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On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 09:06:13 +0100 "Robin Cornelius" <robin.cornelius@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Firstly i would say, what distro are you using and does that have a > unstable/testing package of the latest version of thunderbird, this > will keep things consistant and actualy upgrade instead of installing > a 2nd copy. Of cause if you just want to test then what you have done > is fine and you can remove it without affecting any system wide stuff. > > Your data lives in ~/.thunderbird/ or somthing very similar > > Idealy you should back this up especialy if you are just testing a 2nd > version as it could upgrade the files to a new version and you might > not be able to down grade. > > If you extract the tar ball into your home directory then other users > will probably not be able to see the binary. The distro installed > version probably has its files split across /usr/bin and /usr/lib and > even /etc/ not sure exactly for thunderbird, this is why it is better > to use a prepacked version for your distro. If one is not avaiable > then i would remove your old thunderbird (back up your data first, > just in case) use your distros poackage management tool rpm,apt etc to > remove thunderbird. > > If you don't remove the old version there is a risk that a new version > could call an old version config file or lib and then the fun will > begin. > > I remember it use to be popular to keep self contained packages in > /opt ie create /opt/thunderbird and un tar the package there and make > sure the permissions are correct for the folder so all can access it > that need it. Its not that elegant but it will work. I haven't seen > /opt for ages now i think its pretty unused now but in lue of having a > proper package that will place the right bits in /usr/bin etc this is > probably the best option. it also makes removing it very easy, if you > manualy put the bits in /usr/bin /usr/lib then it will become a > knightmare to remove as you will forget what you have done! > > > Regards > > > Robin > I am using Mandriva2006. I have extracted Firefox (latest version) in my home folder and it runs the happily. I did try to extract it in /usr/local but I had permission problems which I could not be bothered to sort out. Finally I tried out another user, my daughter, who is set up ready for when she wants to try it. I changed the Firefox button for her to /home/neil/firefox/firefox and it runs for her just fine. So now we both have the earlier and the newest versions available as required. Of course, we will stick with the latest version. All necessary items such as bookmarks were picked up OK. I suppose I could remove the old version, but with such large disk capacities nowadays it hardly seems worth it. Any comments from anyone? Neil Winchurst > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html