Firefox 3 for Debian Etch
 

Hello, as mentioned in another post "browser issues".. I am experiencing problems logging onto my facebook account. I get "server not found" error...

Iceweasel works on every other site. Additionally, I can logon to facebook using my windows based firefox 3.

If anyone can help trouble shoot the Iceweasel I would be grateful. Otherwise I need help installing a Deb version of firefox 3.

I read on the Ubuntu site I should add a repository to my sources.list

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main

I'm not sure which one corresponds correctly to Debian Etch, so should I replace dapper with edgy, feisty, or gutsy.?

Then I would run apt-get install firefox, right?

I forgot to mention, I downloaded the bz2 file from firefox.com
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I extracted the file. Then tried to run ./firefox from the root of that directory.
I got the following message:

Sorry, this application requires a version of the GTK+ library that is not installed on your computer.

You have GTK+ 2.8.
This application requires GTK+ 2.10 or newer.

Please upgrade your GTK+ library if you wish to use this application.

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I then ran apt-get install GTK+

but it could not find it

None of those correspond to Debian Etch; Ubuntu is not Debian. GTK+ is in package (I think) libgtk2.0-0. But Etch doesn't have 2.10+. You won't get FF 3.0 on Etch without some pain and hacking.

A quick Google found instructions here: http://www.linuxscrew.com/2008/06/21...n-debian-etch/