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Date:	Sun, 5 Jun 2005 14:38:08 PDT7
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Upgrading to a New Mozilla

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Colin Campbell wrote:
> After the May meeting, I decided it was high time for me to upgrade the
> Mozilla on my older eCS system. I've stayed on the last VACPP build,
> 1.4, for awhile, but I figured I should get caught up to the latest
> version, so that I might (1) avoid some problems, and (2) get some help
> if I needed it, without having to admit that I'm behind the curve.
>
> I downloaded the 1.7.8 Mozilla .ZIP file, and the latest Firefox and
> Thunderbird builds as well, but I decided to stay with the "suite" for
> now. I also downloaded the GCC runtime, libc-0.5.1.
>
> I created a new directory on my F: drive, named Mozilla178. I copied
> the .ZIP file to that directory and unzipped it. I executed the
> LIBC-0.5.1.EXE file, and the Innotek installed installed GCC322.DLL and
> LIBC05.DLL into c:\OS2\DLL.
>
> I switched to the Mozilla178\mozilla directory and typed Mozilla.

You have one more dir level than you need. But that is not a problem.
I unzip to the root. That gives me a directory called MOZILLA. I
would then chance the name to MOZ178.

> All that happened was that I got a sort of 'flash' on the screen (I think
> from the OS/2 Window disappearing), then a new prompt in the OS/2 Window.
>
> It looks as if I've forgotten some step here. I do not believe that I
> have even tried to install any Mozilla version later than 1.4. I have
> an IBM Web Browser version installed, but I'm pretty sure it is older
> than Mozilla. I did notice some other DLL's that start with "LIBC" -
> LIBCM, LIBCN, LIBCS - all dating from 1999.

The only reference to Mozilla in config.sys should be:
SET MOZILLA_HOME=H:\MOZPROFILES
SET MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=H:\MOZPROFILES\PLUGINS
or some such.

Remove any other references to Mozilla.

The safest thing to do with the DLLs is put them in X:\MOZ178. Back
when they were changing with every version of Mozilla it was the only
thing to do with them to have the correct DLL available for each
version of Mozilla if you wanted several versions of Mozilla on the HDD.
>
> Can anyone offer a suggestion about what else I must do?
>
> Also, is there a script around for building a program object for the new
> Mozilla after it is unzipped?

> Are the steps for completing the
> installation written down somewhere? (I've been looking at various
> places on SCOUG.COM.)

Did Tony tell you to ask that? :) It will be, someday, soon???
>
> Or should I start over using the installer version?

NO

Ray

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