How to install firefox-3.5.3 in Slackware 12.2?
 

How to install firefox-3.5.3 in Slackware 12.2?

You could try using the slackbuild for slackware64 13.0. Just change the arch to i486.

Can you please mention the method in details?

1. Download firefox-3.5.3.tar.bz2 from http://www.firefox.com
2. Delete the firefox folder from /usr/lib/
3. Extract firefox-3.5.3.tar.bz2 contents to /usr/lib/
4. Delete usr/bin/firefox
5. Run

1) Make a temporary directory for the files, for instance
mkdir /remove
chmod 777 /remove (makes R/W for all users)

2) download all the files from this site into the new directory
ftp://elektroni.phys.tut.fi/slackwar...zilla-firefox/

3) Edit the mozilla-firefox.SlackBuild with your favorite editor and change this line from ARCH=${ARCH:-x86_64} to this ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}

4) run "chmod +x mozilla-firefox.SlackBuild" then "./mozilla-firefox.SlackBuild"

5) Let the compiler do its work, when its finished upgrade your current package like this "upgradepkg /tmp/mozilla-firefox-3.5.3-i486-1.txz"

I would not advise doing this. your deleting files that are part of a package. Your better off building from source and upgradeing the package, this way it keeps your system clean.

I just use slapt-get to upgrade my packages and firefox and seamonkey got upgraded a few days ago ;)

It's slackware 12.2
Will it work?

Have you tried just downloading and extracting to /opt or /lib from the Mozilla website?

Is it:

You've to use the Pat's SlackBuild, download all the items here:

http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwar...zilla-firefox/

Edit the slackbuild replacing:

with:

and the last string:

with:

If you make a *.txz package your pkgtool won't be able to install it because it won't know the extension, so make the package in *.tgz and after install it ;)

You've to use the Pat's SlackBuild, download all the items here:

http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwar...zilla-firefox/

Edit the slackbuild replacing:

with:

If you make a *.txz package your pkgtools won't be able to manage it because it won't know the extension, so make the package in *.tgz

Once done to edit the slackbuild:

This won't require long time ;)

Just do

How to upgrade a particular package/firefox?

Thank you.
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