[SOLVED] Firefox didn't install to folder

Captian Kangeroo · 01-13-2017, 04:01 PM

Hi Friends,
Thought I had it figgered out but it didn't show up in folder.
It seemed to make and install ok without chroot,but I guess
I was being fooled.I have reinstalled py a couple of times to
no avail. Below is the last of the terminal when trying with chroot

File "/sources/firefox-48.0.2/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/virtualenv.py", line 200, in create
'Failed to create virtualenv: %s' % self.virtualenv_root)
Exception: Failed to create virtualenv: /sources/firefox-48.0.2/firefox-build-dir/_virtualenv

Any ideas or help greatly appreciated. Midori works ok but I hate to lose
a battle. I can't understand why it installed so easily and Firefox doesn't.
Enjoy your weekend
Captian

spiky0011 · 01-13-2017, 04:45 PM

Hi

As it was mentioned in other post I to install FF as a binary in /opt. Much easier.

Ok did you edit the config file for FF with the deps or nodeps as needed?
and did you build FF out of in chroot? there is a note if installing in chroot SHELL=/bin/sh.

If you want the easy option "binary", download latest FF tarball, untar in /opt.
ln -sfv /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox. You can also create a .desktop file for FF as well.

And which dir did you mean? did not install to?

Captian Kangeroo · 01-13-2017, 05:21 PM

Hey Spikey,
I tried it same as Midori and it never went to that folder or showed up on desktop. I will try your suggestion and commands.
I have learned a lot but still lack in many areas. Two years ago I didn't even know what Linux was

. This has been
a lot fo fun and learning with many redo's here an there. But don't give up eh?
Thanks for the advise
Captian

Captian Kangeroo · 01-13-2017, 06:07 PM

Hi again folks,
I have no idea what to do with this in my terminal?

make sure you have $SHELL environment variable set or prepend SHELL=/bin/sh.

Thanks for any instruction
Regards,
Captian

spiky0011 · 01-14-2017, 01:48 AM

Ok

Download latest FF https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/

Put it in /opt. Untar it there, cd into /opt/firefox run in a terminal

Code:

./firefox

if all ok FF will open up. You can then create the symlink above and a .desktop file "to make launching FF easier". FYI The above way there is no building/compiling FF.It will just run.

If doing the above methord below is not required.

Quote:

make sure you have $SHELL environment variable set or prepend SHELL=/bin/sh.

Code:

export SHELL=/bin/sh

Code:

echo $SHELL

Captian Kangeroo · 01-14-2017, 05:05 PM

Thanks Spiky,
I messed up something I guess somewhere back up the line. I will take a few day away from it since I been spending the last two weeks
messing with it.A break might do me good. Thanks fer all the help and advice to you all.
I'll be back,
Captian