statically linked browser binary for linux
 

Hi,
I need a statically linked binary executable of a Firefox or Chrome (or any other browser for X), latest version, or at least a version of year 2012. Does any one knows where can I download it? 32 bits architecture.

Will appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks

Umm, what do you mean by statically linked? If you mean directly executable without having to compile, then look no further: it's in your repo.
By the way, what distro are you using?
I found that a pre-compiled Firefox runs 'out of the box' so to speak, just pop it anywhere (where you've got yhe sys-rites, of course ;) ... ) and run it either by souble-clicking in the file manager or from the console:

the ./ is important, otherwise your system will try to run the default (via the PATH)...

Thor

what exactly are you trying to accomplish ?

well, I mean, when you do 'ldd' to the binary you get no reference to any library, this means, the executable contains all the libraries, linked to itself at compile time.


For example, this is what you get when you 'ldd' a dynamic executable:
and this is what you get when you 'ldd' a static executable:
It doesn't matter what distro I am using, because statically linked executable will work directly with linux kernel and won't go through the library layer currently installed on the OS.

you want a monolithic blob

build firefox 18.0.2 from source and build a static version

I don't have space and some libraries, I need already compiled executable.

so you do not have the 42 meg needed for the firefox download
22 meg DL
-- 32 bit -- USA English version
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/re...ux-i686/en-US/
and 42 meg installed
-- 64 bit - USA English version
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/re...-x86_64/en-US/

that's sources only, compiling sources will require about 200MB, and I also miss required packages.

those two links are NOT source code
they are prebuilt binaries
everything but the plugins are in the one zip
there is no need for any extra *.so's

great
 

nice thread. thanks for sharing that information. it was very informative.