Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 19:51:12 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: "kenneth.j.krumm.1" <kkrumm@purdue.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: netscape upgrade Message-ID: <199901150151.TAA04196@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> of "Thu, 14 Jan 1999 14:50:12 PST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901141447460.274-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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"Jason C. Wells" writes: > On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, kenneth.j.krumm.1 wrote: > > >I was wondering what is the best way to upgrade netscape on freebsd. Do I > >need to completely remove the older version before installing the new one? > >If so how is this done? I would appreciate any information. Thanks. > > It is best to remove the old version and add the new version. > > $ pkg_delete whateverversionofnetscape Plus you can tell what verion(s) of netscape you have installed with either "pkg_info -a" (which is verbose) or the easy way by listing /var/db/pkg. I'd use "ls -d /var/db/pkg/net*" When you upgrade your Netscape browser all of your personal configuration information is in ~/.netscape/ (ie: in each user's home directory) which is not touched by the package system. So your current bookmarks and address books are still good, assuming the new version of Netscape still uses the same format. Think Communicator 4.07 changed address books format as mine is defunct. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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