Mozilla[tm] 1.2.1 for Solaris[tm] Operating System Installation Guide


This page provides information about downloading and installing Mozilla 1.2.1 for Solaris[tm] OS.


Contents

System Requirements

Downloading Instruction

Installing Solaris Patches Required by Mozilla 1.2.1

Installing Mozilla 1.2.1 for Solaris with Webstart

Installing Mozilla 1.2.1 for Solaris with pkgadd

Adding Mozilla 1.2.1 For Solaris to Your Path

Netscape4.7x to Mozilla 1.2.1 for Solaris Migration

1. System Requirements

Mozilla 1.2.1 for Solaris OS is recommended on:
- Solaris 9 SPARC and x86 Platform Editions
and will also run on
- Solaris 8 SPARC and x86 Platform Editions

You can use Mozilla 1.2.1 for Solaris OS on a CDE (Solaris Common Desktop
Environment), GNOME 2.0 or OpenWindows desktop.

This software has been tested on these minimal configurations:

SPARC: Machine: Ultra 10, O/S Solaris 9, Memory: 128 MB
SPARC: Machine: Ultra 10, O/S Solaris 8, Memory: 128 MB
x86 : Machine: 386, O/S Solaris 9, Memory: 128 MB
x86 : Machine: 386, O/S Solaris 8, Memory: 128 MB

Mozilla 1.2.1 for Solaris OS is based on GTK2 library. Make sure you have installed GNOME2
(including GTK2) or GTK2 library separately on your system.

2. Downloading Instruction

Platform

Description

SPARC Platform Edition

Global -- uses 128-bit encryption with S/MIME

x86 Platform Edition

Global -- uses 128-bit encryption with S/MIME



3. Installing Solaris patches required by Mozilla 1.2.1 for Solaris OS

If the installation process tells you some Solaris patches are missing on your
system, and you have not already done so, download the patch zip file for your
Solaris version (from the same web page you downloaded Mozilla zip file)
and unzip the file. Then use the following command to install the patches you
need:

patchadd -M patch_path patch_number1... patch_numberN

Where -M means to install multiple patches and patch_path is where you unzipped
the downloaded patch zip file. Please note that it requires root permission to
run the patchadd command.

4. Installing Mozilla 1.2.1 for Solaris OS with Webstart

After downloading the Mozilla, perform the following steps to install the application.

1. Use the following command to extract files:
   % unzip MOZinstaller_sparc.zip
   or
   % unzip MOZinstaller_i386.zip

2. Change to the Mozilla installation directory:
   % cd MOZinstaller

3. If there is no GTK2 library on your system, please perform steps 4 through 7
   to install the library. Otherwise, go to step 8.

4. If you are not root already, become the root user by typing "su",
   then type your root password.

5. Change to the GTK2 directory:
   % cd GTK2

6. Run the GTK2 library install script:
   % ./GTK2install
  
7. Change to the Mozilla installation directory:
   % cd ..
  
8. Run the Mozilla 1.2.1 install script:
   % ./installer

9. You will need to choose "Custom install" to install language packages.

10. Specify the directory to install Mozilla.
    By default, a "mozilla" directory will be created in your home directory
    and Mozilla will be installed there.

11. Select language packages which you want to install.

12. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.
    Wait until you see the "Installation Summary" window come up to inform
    you whether the installation was successful.

13. Click "Exit" to close Installer.

14. To start Mozilla, change to the installation directory and run the
    following program:

   % ./mozilla &
  

If you do not have the GTK2 library on your system and directly run the Mozilla installer
script as a common user, you will see these messages:

"Sun Mozilla 1.2.1 requires the GTK2 library, you can install GNOME 2.0 which includes GTK2
 or install GTK2 only"
"To install GTK2 only, you should go to the GTK2 directory and run GTK2install as root".


5. Installing Mozilla 1.2.1 for Solaris OS with pkgadd

Make sure you have installed GNOME2 (including GTK2) or GTK2 library separately on your system.

1.  If you are not root already, become the root user by typing "su",
    then type your root password.
   
2.  Change to the installation directory where the compressed version
    of Mozilla 1.2.1  was extracted.
   
    % cd <directory name>
   
3.  Install Mozilla by running the install script:

    % ./mozinstall
   
    Note - The Mozilla 1.2.1  packages will be installed in
    the /usr/sfw/lib/mozilla directory on your workstation.
   
   
    If you have downloaded a language package and wish to install it, perform
    the following two steps, otherwise skip to step 6.
   
4.  Next, change to the directory where the compressed version
    of the language package was extracted.

    % cd <directory name>

5.  Install the language package by running the pkgadd command.

    For example, to install the Japanese language package, use the command:
    % pkgadd -d . SUNWjamoz


6.  Exit superuser by typing "exit" at the prompt.

7.  To start Mozilla, change to the installation directory and run the
    following program:
   
    % ./mozilla &


6. Adding Mozilla to Your Path

Determine where your PATH variable is set and add the Mozilla directory to
your path. The path may be set in the .dtprofile, .login, or .cshrc file.

7. Netscape 4.7x to Mozilla 1.2.1 Migration

If you decide to try out Mozilla 1.2.1  for Solaris OS, it will not affect your ability to use Netscape 4.7x. Both these applications can be running at the same time. But it is not recommended to use two mail clients simultaneously. Netscape 4.7x and Mozilla 1.2.1 for Solaris write the user's information (preferences, cache files, bookmarks) into different directories:

Netscape 4.7x - under a~/.netscape directory.

Mozilla 1.2.1 for Solaris - under a ~/.mozilla directory.

During the migration of your Netscape 4.7x preferences such as bookmarks, proxy servers and email setup, a copy of preference files, email setup and local mail folder is made by default. The copy of local mail folders can waste lot of disk space and may be undesired. We offer you two choices to control the behavior of local mail folder migration.

Option #1: Re-use the old local mail folders created using Netscape 4.7x. In addition to saving disk space this allows one to switch back and forth between Netscape 4.7x mailer and Mozilla mailer. This is the default option.

NOTE: There is a possibility of local mail folder data corruption if Netscape 4.7x and Mozilla mailers are run at the same time using the same shared local mail folders.

Option #2: Default. Keep the local mail folders separate from Netscape 4.7x and Mozilla 1.2.1 for Solaris to allow simultaneous use of Netscape 4.7x and Mozilla mailers. At the expense of extra disk space and fragmenting the local mail folder, this option ensures that you never lose any data stored in local mail folder.

The above choice is given to first time users of Mozilla 1.2.1 who are migrating from Netscape 4.7x. System administrators and Enterprise administrators can make this decision for their wider user base. They can change the default settings for their users and choose to allow them an ability to override the default (or deny override) using the following preference settings.


To set the choice to option #1 and disallow override ability to your users, edit the file <mozilla installdir>/defaults/pref/mailnews.js


To set the choice to option #1 but allow override to users, edit the file <mozilla installdir>/defaults/pref/mailnews.js