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Old 01-07-2016, 09:15 AM   #1
Carl_cj
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Unhappy Firefox crashed on Slackware 14.1 64bit?


hello,
i tried to upgrade my Firefox so i download tar file and extract it and then i replace it /usr/bin/ with new Firefox and then i tried to open Firefox the error is
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Failed to execute child process "Firefox" (No such file or directory)
i searched on net but no use can any body tell me what i am wrong with my Firefox and how to fix it.thanks in advance.
 
Old 01-07-2016, 09:54 AM   #2
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That's not how you upgrade software. A slackware package distributes the files under /usr/bin, /usr/lib, and /usr/share. The tar file you download from mozilla's website is the application all in a single /firefox directory.


The simplist thing you can do with firefox for just a local installation is to unzip the firefox tar file into your home directory. You will then have a /firefox directory in your home directory. Then launch it with /home/yourusername/firefox/firefox Then just remember not use the system installed firefox.

To install flash, download flash manually, unzip it and put the libflashplayer.so into /home/yourusername/firefox/browser/plugins directory (you'll have to create the plugins directory first).

Again, this will just be a local install for 1 user (you). If that's all you need then this is the easiest way.

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Old 01-07-2016, 09:59 AM   #3
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maybe try this instead find the latest Firefox binary package?
 
Old 01-07-2016, 12:42 PM   #4
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...or get the latest Firefox for Slackware from the /patches directory of your Slackware release, and install it with "upgradepkg" or "installpkg".
 
Old 01-09-2016, 09:38 AM   #5
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Quote:
The simplist thing you can do with firefox for just a local installation is to unzip the firefox tar file into your home directory. You will then have a /firefox directory in your home directory. Then launch it with /home/yourusername/firefox/firefox Then just remember not use the system installed firefox.
Thanks it is worked for me.
previously i just use cd command to go to /home/username/firefox/firefox it display a error.after i just type like this
Code:
/home/username/firefox/firefox
the browser was open.thanks.

Last edited by Carl_cj; 01-09-2016 at 09:43 AM.
 
Old 01-09-2016, 12:04 PM   #6
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It sounds to me like what happens when you try to run the 32-bit (i686) version of Firefox on 64-bit Slackware. You can get the 64-bit version at: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/r...43.0.4.tar.bz2 (This is the US English version, current as of 9 Jan 2016.
Or you can use the directions in http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/r...est/README.txt to get the latest version for any language and any OS.
For what it's worth, I use the binaries from mozilla.org on Slackware 14.1, since the Slackware gang provides the esr version (due to issues with KDE4 -- I use XFCE, so no worries for me).
I just tar the .gz file from Mozilla.org in /usr/local, then link the firefox binary in /usr/bin and edit the desktop file to use the icon in /usr/local/firefox/browser/icons/

I hope that helps!
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