Firefox upgrated to 3.5 doesn't respond

dzeban · 08-05-2009, 03:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adriv

If it worked before, it's obvious that you messed something up.
Did you remove all symlinks?

Yep, removed all.

tommcd · 08-05-2009, 04:54 AM

The really easy way to use Firefox 3.5.x in Slackware 12.2 is to simply download the FF 3.5.x.tar.bz installer from mozilla.com to your home directory. Then untar it. Then cd into the ~/firefox/plugins directory, and make symlinks so your plugins work:

Code:

cd ~/firefox/plugins
ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/* .

NOTE: There is a space, then a period ".", at the end of that command.
Then just create a shortcut for FF 3.5 on your desktop. In XFCE, simply use thunar to navigate to the ~/firefox directory and right-click on the Firefox icon and choose "send to > Desktop (create link)". Then just click on that link on your desktop to launch FF 3.5.
Or you can launch FF 3.5 from the terminal like this:

Code:

cd ~/firefox
./firefox &

I use FF 3.5 in Slackware 12.2 this way and it works fine. Of course, this does not make it available system wide. It will work for your user though. Other users could do the same thing if you are running a multi-user system.

shadowsnipes · 08-08-2009, 11:30 PM

If y'all want an easy and proper way to install Firefox 3.5 on Slackware 12.2 then

Install the xz package from -current
download the mozilla-firefox 3.5 package from -current
then run something similar to the following in order to convert the package to something Slackware 12.2 pkgtools can handle.

Code:

$ xz -d mozilla-firefox-3.5.2-i686-1.txz
$ gzip -9 mozilla-firefox-3.5.2-i686-1.tar
$ mv mozilla-firefox-3.5.2-i686-1.tar.gz mozilla-firefox-3.5.2-i686-1.tgz

or just use the SlackBuild from -current and build your own package. Change the makepkg line to use tgz instead of txz. AFAIK the 32-bit SlackBuild still does a binary repackaging, so no real building is involved there. As such, it would probably be quicker for 32-bit users to use the SlackBuild with official mozilla sources, whereas 64-bit users would probably want to "convert" the package as shown above. Granted, if you are using the 64-bit version you probably are already using Slackware-current/64

dzeban · 08-12-2009, 12:46 AM

Ok, guys, nothing helps me, so I've made a downgrade and will use old version because i don't have much time to hack it. Thanks y'all.