where is Firefox installed?
Overview: Some time ago I installed Firefox for Windows, using Wine. Wine appeared in the Start menu, containing a drop-down list of items that included Firefox, so good so far.
I wanted to install an Adobe Shockwave Player plug-in, using Wine, which did not work out (and I will probably be posting other questions relating to this frustration) which had me wanting to look for the file containing Firefox for Windows. I went Home>.wine>drive_c and found three files: Program Files, users, and windows; I made sure "show hidden files" was checked, and went down each rabbit-hole, without finding very much. For example, Program Files has a sub-file named Mozilla Maintenance Service, which turned out to contain an Uninstall.exe and a file named logs. I decided to look at my original Firefox installation, on the assumption that the file structure and naming would parallel that of Firefox for Windows, and that I would then have a better idea of what I was looking for. . .and quickly found that I had no idea of where that lived either. So, where does Wine keep its files? Where would linux usually keep Firefox? I am running Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon. |
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Don't know about Wine. I don't use that software myself. But as for where Firefox is installed in GNU/Linux, you can try these commands: Code:
whereis firefox Code:
ls -lh /usr/bin/firefox Best regards, HMW |
It should be in .wine/drive_c/Program Files: I can't think where it went. You can run the search tool (in the Mint menu or via the file browser) to search your home directory for it.
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where is Firefox installed?
As root, updatedb
Then as user locate firefox. |
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locate firefox |
first WHY!!! the MS Windows firefox using wine when there is a perfectly good and BETTER linux version
all MICROSOFT software installed using wine is in your home folder ~./wine/drive_c/Program Files(x86)/?????? as to WHERE the individual parts are they will be the same as on a MS windows OS all over the bloody place |
linux mint uses apt packet management.
it is possible to list the installed files for each packages. i know how you would do it in synaptic (graphical packet manager), but i'm sure it's possible with command line tools, too. i'f start with Code:
man apt |
using root type:
Wheredhell is firefox .. :) or try at this location: /home/YOUR USERNAME/.wine/ |
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whereis firefox Code:
which firefox Code:
sudo find / -name firefox* |
I'm with John VV, why are you running the MS Windows version of Firefox? :scratch:
Firefox was originally written for Linux/Unix type systems, not Windows. Quote:
Play Bonny! :hattip: |
John VV's phrase "all over the bloody place" seems about right. I went from .wine>drive_c>users>brant>Application Data>Mozilla and found two files, Extensions and Firefox.
Extensions was empty; Firefox>Profiles>5pkhbqo2.default>and there it was. I admit that last file name seemed more than bizarre. Deciding to install Firefox for Windows was a roundabout way (that has occasionally worked!) of trying to persuade Adobe Shockwave Player to play on a Linux distribution. Originally I wanted Adobe Shockwave in order to open the older archives of the Platinum Grit webcomic; now it is more simply the annoyance of having met something I cannot do on Linux. If anyone knows of a browser native to Linux that will do this, by all means, tell me and spare me this futile pilgrimage. In the mean time, I will call this element of the puzzle solved, and keep thrashing away. Thanks. |
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Granted my Distro has a wrapper that helps it along, though it is a option to give it a try to get a latest version of flashplayer plugin to work. This is my setup for pepperFlash Code:
/opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash/libfreshwrapper-pepperflash.so Quote:
perhaps you've got other Platinum Grit webcomic places that your firefox is not working? I have no experience with Platinum Grit webcomic. |
I'm using the old Opera 12 (I like it) with version 10 of Flash (the last to work on 32-bit AMD chips). I've just tried Platinum Grit and it works perfectly!
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