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Bruce Hill, Firefox-2.0.0.14 is now available in the patches directory for Slackware 12.0, so it *could* be an official package (ie it IS Slackware12.0).
Bruce Hill, Firefox-2.0.0.14 is now available in the patches directory for Slackware 12.0, so it *could* be an official package (ie it IS Slackware12.0).
You are correct.
To the OP ... if you got this from Slackware-12.0 patches, have you
upgraded all the other apps in patches? For one, cairo is there...
On my test box, which is between 12.0 and -current, I had Firefox-2.0.0.13.
I upgraded it from 12.0/patches to 2.0.0.14, launched it from KDE and d/led
a file with no problems. Then I launched it from CLI as the OP did, d/led
another file, closed Firefox, and it returned to a prompt with no message
in the terminal.
Last edited by Bruce Hill; 04-18-2008 at 07:35 PM.
You were downloading from Slackware-current, not Slackware-12.0
That package might be the same, but you should get ALL the security
updates from patches for Slackware-12.0. Where there is more than one
version, such as Firefox, just get the latest. Then use this command:
check the md5sum of your packages before you install them. They are listed in the security advisory pages and also on the slackware ftp site (and mirror sites).
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