Update Firefox 2.0.0.14 To v2.0.0.15

adriv · 07-05-2008, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fibster

I'm sticking with opera for the time being. FF 3 is full of bugs still. I have tryed downloading numerous items with that browser and it would die on me and not resume at around 2.9-3.5 gigs. Even IE7 and now 8 will do 4 gb. Not happy at all with all the testing mozilla did leading up to the grand FF3, very disappointing.

Have you tried a new profile?

Eternal_Newbie · 07-05-2008, 08:40 PM

To package FF 2.0.0.15 using the FF 2.0.0.14 slackbuild, change 2.0.0.14 to 2.0.0.15 in the slackbuild itself and one of the patches, mozilla-firefox-simple.diff.gz, also needs directory names changed to 2.0.0.15. After that it will package without a problem.

GVrooman · 07-05-2008, 11:25 PM

I just used the built in upgrade feature of Firefox. The first time Firefox told me that the upgrade failed, but then it went ahead and downloaded the complete new version. I then restarted Firefox and it installed the new version. I don't know if it is in the right place, but it works.

rc nai · 07-09-2008, 12:57 AM

A few people(you know who you are) have helped me fix my problems and I'm very grateful. I just thought I give back to the community. I don't write a lot of tutorials but here it goes...g'luck

To update firefox from 2.0.0.14 to 2.0.0.15, do the following...

Download mozilla-firefox.SlackBuild and mozilla-firefox-simple.diff.gz at the following mirror, or choose a mirror closest to you and put it on your desktop. The 2 files are located in slackware_sources\xap.

ftp://slackware.cs.utah.edu/pub/slackware/

Now you need to edit the slackbuild script, open it with your text editor and where it says VERSION=.......put your version # i.e, 2.0.0.15, then save it.

Now decompress mozilla-firefox-simple.diff.gz like this:

Code:

gzip -d mozilla-firefox-simple.diff.gz

It should create a file on your desktop called mozilla-firefox-simple.diff, open the file with your text editor and change the directories to 2.0.0.15, it should look like this:

Code:

--- ./firefox.orig	2007-05-15 06:47:30.000000000 -0500
+++ ./firefox	2007-06-01 18:15:02.000000000 -0500
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@
 #uncomment for debugging
 #set -x
 
-moz_libdir=/usr/local/lib/firefox-2.0.0.15
-MRE_HOME=/usr/local/lib/mre/mre-2.0.0.15
+moz_libdir=/usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.15
+MRE_HOME=/usr/lib/mre/mre-2.0.0.15
 
 # Use run-mozilla.sh in the current dir if it exists
 # If not, then start resolving symlinks until we find run-mozilla.sh

After making your changes, save it and gzip the file again like this:

Code:

gzip mozilla-firefox-simple.diff

Go and download firefox-2.0.0.15.tar.gz from the official site.

Create a folder called "firefox" on your desktop. Now store all 3 files in your firefox folder. Your firefox folder should contain the following 3 items:

mozilla-firefox-simple.diff.gz
mozilla-firefox.SlackBuild
firefox-2.0.0.15.tar.gz

Cd to your firefox folder and make mozilla-firefox.SlackBuild into an executable by issuing the command:

Code:

chmod +x mozilla-firefox-SlackBuild

That's it, you can now install it like any other slackbuild script.
> su to root
> ./mozilla-firefox-SlackBuild
> cd to /tmp
> installpkg mozilla-firefox

Bruce Hill · 07-11-2008, 07:55 PM

Slackware officially released a Firefox 2.0.0.15. After installing it,
sounds played by Firefox were distorted; various other small quirks.
My bank website's format in Firefox changed from Firefox 2.0.0.14 to 3.0,
to the extent that the Log In button is almost hidden behind the area
to enter the Username. Version 2.0.0.15 that Slackware released has the
same problem. The one that I built with the Slackware 2.0.0.14 SlackBuild
did not have either of these issues. Haven't looked to see what changed in
the official Slackware package.

I upgradepkg'ed back to Firefox 3.0. At least it does not have the sound
issue that the Slackware package of Firefox-2.0.0.15 has, and some new,
useful features, also.

New software -- new bugs.