howto install firefox on debian
Hello,
So far I downloaded/unpacked firefox3 and gtk to my /opt directory. I failed to install gtk. #ls /opt firefox firefox-3.0.3.tar.bz2 gtk+-2.10.14 gtk+-2.10.14.tar.bz2 First attempt I was missing pkg-config. #apt-get install pkg-config successfully install pkg-config Second attempt; here is where I need help. #./configure --prefix=/opt/gtk210 output... checking for BASE_DEPENDENCIES... configure: error: Package requirements (glib-2.0 >= 2.12.0 atk >= 1.9.0 pango >= 1.12.0 cairo >= 1.2.0) were not met: No package 'glib=2.0' found No package 'atk' found No package 'pango' found No package 'cairo' found Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you installed software in non-standard prefix. Alternatively, you may set the environment variables BASE_DEPENDENCIES_CFLAGS and BASE_DEPENDENCIES_LIB to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config man page for more details. What should I do next? |
Why don't you use apt-get to install FF3?
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Thanks for the reply,
I tried #apt-get install FF3 returned E:Couldn't find package FF3 I guess there is only iceweasel for debian. |
Forgot that - iceweasel is firefox but without the name for some reason.
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IMO Iceweasel performs a bit 'smoother'(hard to quantify that) than Firefox. Epiphany is a nice clean browser as well.
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Yes I like the epiphany-browser as well.
I got firefox3 going. This is what I had to you for my system. The above. I forgot to mkdir /opt/gtk210. Dulf! #apt-get install synaptic lookup and installed libglib=2.0-dev libatk1.0-dev libpango1.0-dev libciaro2-dev and all recommended this site help alot http://www.captain.at/howto-run-fire...ebian-etch.php and last was the sh file. It seems to work now. |
For firefox2 but most of it applies:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/deb...bian-etch.html Although Iceweasel is just the same without the Firefox name or logo. Quote:
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apt-get install iceweasel
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Firefox 3 (iceweasel 3 ) is not in the Debian Stable repositories.
Code:
Package iceweasel |
wouldn't enabling testing as a repo and then running aptitude install iceweasel work a lot easier when it comes to possible dependencies?
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Quote:
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http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=27424 |
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