I recently Downloaded Firefox 2.0 onto my machine. And I cannot get it to run properly. I have tried moving it into the same directory as my firefox-1.5.0.7, under the name firefox-2.0, and it still will not run. I have tried following the instructions on this website --> http://www.brunolinux.com/03-Install..._in_Linux.html but it still will not run. What am I doing wrong? Keep in mind I want to keep my firefox-1.5.0.7 until I get firefox 2.0 up

Can you be more specific about it not running properly? What directory is it installed in? Are you trying to fire off the bin file from terminal or using an icon from the desktop?

I have installed it on /usr/lib/firefox-2.0 right beside usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.7

Right now I am trying to run it as a command. Generally the command I run is /usr/lib/firefox-2.0/firefox. But when I run the command nothing happens the computer just sits there.

interesting choice to place firefox. you may think about moving it to the /usr/bin folder as it really isnt a library. semantics though...

first lets check to make sure firefox isn't running
do "ps -ef | grep firefox"

the only think you should see is your grep process "grep firefox"
if you see anything else you should kill the process (or restart your computer if you are not comfortable killing them).

if, and once, you are clean, run firefox using the command you posted, but either append the command with a "&" (/usr/lib/firefox-2.0/firefox &) or open another terminal window. type "ps -ef | grep firefox" again and see if it is trying to open it.

if you do not see anything, the bin file is not getting executed. if you do see something but it is freezing there may be a problem with the file itself.

only thing i can think of is to check to see if the firefox script is executable,
to hradtke: even if firefox was running, you can still open several of them at same time.
you should have been able to just extract firefox, no matter where it is, and then run the firefox script- from terminal of course.

Just put 2.0 in /usr/bin , /opt or your home, then create a desktop shortcut pointing to firefox in that folder. You also need to create a new profile for it otherwise it will use the same profile as 1.5.0.7 which will likely cause problems.

right, but if for some reason there were existing processing of firefox running, i did not want that messing up the test.

Ok.. so I ran this command

/usr/lib/firefox-2.0/firefox -script

and this was the result... ummm I am a bit confused on what exactly it means. Cause I am sure that I have libstdc++
/usr/lib/firefox-2.0/firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I had the same problem but it's fixed now.

How do you create a new profile?

Please show us the output of the following commands:
ldd /usr/lib/firefox-2.0/firefox-bin
ls /usr/lib/libstdc++*

Also, what linux distro are you using?

http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/profile#new

Google and ye shall find.

ldd /usr/lib/firefox-2.0/firefox-bin
linux-gate.so.1 => (0x0093a000)
libmozjs.so => not found
libxpcom.so => not found
libxpcom_core.so => not found
libplds4.so => /usr/lib/libplds4.so (0x45d08000)
libplc4.so => /usr/lib/libplc4.so (0x45d01000)
libnspr4.so => /usr/lib/libnspr4.so (0x462dd000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x466bd000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x46584000)
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x4533c000)
libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x4523b000)
libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0x44a87000)
libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0x44a6d000)
libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 (0x45219000)
libpangox-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangox-1.0.so.0 (0x4520b000)
libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x452f1000)
libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x449d9000)
libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x45e15000)
libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x45c6d000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x4658a000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x4655d000)
libsmime3.so => /usr/lib/libsmime3.so (0x463c9000)
libssl3.so => /usr/lib/libssl3.so (0x46ca8000)
libnss3.so => /usr/lib/libnss3.so (0x46b47000)
libsoftokn3.so => /usr/lib/libsoftokn3.so (0x46af1000)
libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0x45bdb000)
libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x44777000)
libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x466fa000)
libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x470fe000)
libXft.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXft.so.2 (0x44751000)
libxpcom_compat.so => not found
libstdc++.so.5 => not found
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x4676a000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x46428000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x45b9b000)
libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0x45331000)
libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2 (0x44e14000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x46696000)
libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0x45c4f000)
libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 (0x45e35000)
libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0x45c54000)
libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0x45c61000)
libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0x45c5a000)
libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0x452c7000)
libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x466a8000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0x46689000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x4668e000)
libexpat.so.0 => /lib/libexpat.so.0 (0x447b6000)
libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x466ef000)
libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x466d3000)
libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0x45be6000)

/usr/lib/libstdc++*
/usr/lib/libstdc++-20060727.so.7 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
/usr/lib/libstdc++-20060727.so.7.0.0 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.8

I use Fedora 5

Just click on the 'Firefox' script in your /usr/lib/firefox-2.0 folder.

Firefox is a self contained program that runs from wherever you put it. Try the above and see what happens.

I click and click and nothing happens.

Obviously, some people are not reading the thread.

Anyways, the problem is now clear.

Firefox is compiled against a library you cannot find:
libstdc++.so.5 => not found

You have libstdc++.so.6 unfortunately.

For a quick fix, you could try creating a symlink to fake out firefox, but I have no idea what firefox is using in that library and what changes took effect in the newer library that you have. To do this, go to the /usr/lib directory and type "ln -s libstdc++.so.6 libstdc++.so.5".

Otherwise, you need to backport the version of the library. Did you upgrade recently?