Installing Mozilla Upgrade: firefox-3.6.8.tar.bz2
Downloaded the above file.
Also downloaded and installed an update to my existing Firefox web browser, updating it from Version 2.0.0.7 to 2.0.0.11. As predicted, Firefox now has a new security and stability update labeled 3.6.9, which I will download at my earliest opportunity. Once that is done, I will try to install each upgrade as per the suggestions to date to upgrade my Mozilla Firefox web browser from version 2.0.0.11 to 3.6.9. My hardware: ASUS Eee PC 4G (701) My operating system: Linux - Debian Distro by Xandros |
if the operating system on the ASUS Eee is "limpus light"
you don't , limpus light will not run the current firefox .At least with out some serious hacking what IS the os on the laptop linux????? what ????? Xandros ? if so use the package manager " Synaptic " to install the current version FOR that OS also the firefox .tar.bz2 is THE SOURCE CODE and needs to be compiled you can not "just" install it |
Asus Eees have Xandros, an ancient version of Debian based on Etch. I may be wrong but I doubt the current version of Firefox will even run on Etch.
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Extract, and run. Take a look at http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...n-debian-2962/ |
no,don't install that 3.6.8,wait a week or two you will get 3.6.9
after installing 3.6.8,I was unable to open sites like youtube,sourceforge,linuxquestions etc. |
Severl days ago, i met the the same problem as you.
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You can already get 3.6.9, but it hasn't been released. Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100824 Firefox/3.6.9 |
Upgrading Library: GTK+ 2.8 to GTK+ 2.10 or newer.
At the Terminal Shell Prompt, I have entered the following commands:
1) To decompress the *.tar file sudo tar -C /opt/ -xf firefox-3.6.8.tar.bz2 2) To create a soft link to /opt/firefox/firefox sudo ln -sf /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox so far, so good. Next, I copied the soft link above to /home/user and double-clicked on it to run the firefox application file. A second Terminal Shell opens, and I get this error message: "We're sorry, this application requires a version of the GTK+ library that is not installed on your computer. You have GTK+ 2.8. This application requires GTK+ 2.10 or newer. Please upgrade your GTK+ library if you wish to use this application." How do I upgrade my GTK+ library from 2.8 to 2.10 or newer? |
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