Firebird browser... Where can I get a YDL compatible version?

[Andrew]

On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 19:03, Clinton MacDonald wrote:
> Mr. Denholm:
> 
> Douglas Denholm wrote:
> > The version of mozilla that was installed by YDL 3.01
> > doesn't work for me. So I am trashing it and using
> > Konqueror in the short term.
> 
> Really? What doesn't work about it? Most people find that it is an 
> exemplary (if bloated) browser. The version with Yellow Dog Linux is 
> several revisions old, but I like it for most things.
> 
> Konqueror will eventually be a fine browser, but at present (or, at 
> least in the version we have in Yellow Dog Linux 3.0.1), it is a better 
> file browser than Web browser (in my humble opinion). When the Konqueror 
> folks have incorporated Apple's (and Dan Hyatt's) bug fixes and 
> improvements, I think Konqueror will start demanding respect.
> 
> > I have been using Mozilla's new Firefox browser on my
> > OS X and WinXP boxes. Is there a Firefox 0.8 version
> > available for YDL?
> 
> Firefox is good and on the verge of becoming great. Here's a link that 
> Baruch Stone sent to the list a few months ago:
> 
> Baruch Stone <mailto:baruch1 AT mac DOT com> wrote:
> > Hi, everyone. A search with google and the assistance of
> > the the freenode.net yellowdog # yielded the following
> > site which had lots of ydl rpms... 
> > <http://gurke.gaertner.de/ydl-rpms/>
> 
> This should get you started.
> 
> > If so, how does one install it... I am a newbie to Linux
> > and YDL so I am a bit vague on all this rpm and yum stuff
> > (There didn't seem to be a Firefox package available on
> > the yum suppository ;).
> 
> If you are truly a newbie, you might want to take baby steps and get 
> used to installing something (anything -- pick some program that 
> interests you, or make a general update of your system) using the yum 
> system. Start by looking here:
> 
> <http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/yum.shtml>
> 
> Installing or updating with yum will get you used to the command line 
> and performing actions with root privileges. Installing an rpm package 
> (such as the Firefox) is only slightly harder, but there are a few 
> gotchas (for instance, I have learned to type "rpm -Uvh packagename" to 
> install a package that way, but I don't know what the magic "Uvh" 
> incantation accomplishes).

Please, let me add some more precisions. "rpm -Uvh packagename" mean rpm
-(U)pdate (v)erbose (h)ash marks (Uvh...) while "rpm -ivh packagename"
mean rpm -(i)nstall (v)erbose (h)ash marks. If you are UPDATING a
package use "rpm -Uvh packagename" but if you want to INSTALL a package
use "rpm -ivh packagename" (note: these commands are CaSe SenSiTiVe) By
the way, you can start typing the package name then hit tab for
auto-completion-goodness ;)

using verbosity (v) will output stuffs like the filenames being
installed/updated and such. hash marks (h) will show you a progress-bar
of the operation.

these two options ('v' and 'h') does not need to be put together or used
at all thus they work well as a pair. Its as you see fit ;)

-Andrew

> 
> > Does anybody want to convince me that Konqueror is better than Firefox?
> 
> No, because it is not. :-)
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Best wishes,
> Clint