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| + | ====== Installing firefox on Linux - system wide ====== | ||
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| + | Well the best and easiest is to use distribution packages but ... some distribution have slow package updates so you need to do it your self. Here is short text how to do it. | ||
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| + | - switch to super user ('' | ||
| + | - [[http:// | ||
| + | - Unzip and untar file to some dir. So you will than have sub dir '' | ||
| + | - mv '' | ||
| + | - create new links so that correct firefox is started. | ||
| + | - create new links in for plugins in '/ | ||
| + | - future upgrade after above installation procedure | ||
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| + | The procedures from 1-5 are well documented [[http:// | ||
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| + | ===== Procedure 6 ===== | ||
| + | Creating new links for plugins | ||
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| + | Go to new firefox dir | ||
| + | >cd / | ||
| + | If '' | ||
| + | >mkdir plugins | ||
| + | go to plugins dir | ||
| + | >cd plugins | ||
| + | Create symbolic links to plugin libraries you want to use. This depends where are plugins located. From my experience it is better to use plugins which come with distribution but you can download plugins from any source (you can than expect dependency problems). In my case (OpenSUSE) plugin links are created like (you must be in ''/ | ||
| + | >ln -s / | ||
| + | >ln -s / | ||
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| + | ===== Procedure 7 ===== | ||
| + | By default when new firefox version is ready firefox will try to update automatically. If you are regular user it won't work (update dialog will stuck downloading update) as you do not have needed file permissions. | ||
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| + | The easiest way if to start firefox as '' | ||
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| + | Harder way is to repeat above installation procedure for new version. | ||
| + | - Just rename ''/ | ||
| + | - do new version installation as described above | ||
| + | - if everything is working correctly after upgrade delete ''/ | ||
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