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Total Linux newbie - Firefox, Chrome (Copsd), Flash

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• Started 12 years ago by JasonS
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   JasonS
   

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   Guys, first an apology. I know people hate it when newbies come on asking questions which have been asked a million times before. I have searched extensively but I can't get the answers I find to work.

   I'm a total Linux newbie, so there are concepts I just don't understand, like the package manager, for instance.

   I'm trying to put together a very lean linux box on a disk-on-chip PC. Intel-M 1600MHz processor, 1gig ram, 1gig disk-on-chip. I'm using SliTaz 3.0 Vesa flavour.

   I'm trying to get flash installed and working, and preferably firefox updated to v8.

   When I do "tazpkg get-install get-flash-plugin" it downloads the get-flash-plugin package, but then when I try to run "get-flash-plugin" it does nothing, just returns to a prompt. Websites that use flash report the flash is out of date.

   I downloaded the latest flash source, un-tar-ed it and put it in /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so and then websites stopped reporting flash was out of date, but wouldn't display the flash (and the CPU load went through the roof).

   I downloaded the latest firefox, un-tar-ed it, but it just won't run at all.

   So I tried google chrome - seemd to install ok from the package manager but won't run, so I installed cops from the package manager, and added copsd to the initialisation daemons in control box - I can see at shutdown that the copsd is running (it explicitly shuts down in the trace), but still google chrome won't run.

   Basically, I am just following scripts without really understanding what I am doing. Can anyone help get this working, in extremely explicit and simple language (like "open an xterm, type this command..." you know, as if I was a three-year-old).

   Really appreciate your help.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Anonymous
   

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   Put plugin in usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

   curl should be installed ,

   tazpkg get-install curl

   then try , it worked for me.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Anonymous
   

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   I updated to FF4 like 5 months ago, I can't believe 8 is out.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   christophe
   

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   From what i understood, Mozilla has decided to go with a new major version every 6 months to mimic Google and Chrome.
   I think this is a very bad idea to mimic competition but of course this is me ;)
   Since they did that, i have a bunch of extensions that do not work anymore.

   I'd rather have them stick to a major version for a while and just make it work.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   mojo
   

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   @Jason
   google chrome:
   google-chrome will only run on slitaz cooking because slitaz stable version of glibc is too old.

   Flash plugin:
   get-flash-plugin-1.2.tazpkg from cooking repo works on stable:
   Download/install http://mirror.clarkson.edu/slitaz/packages/cooking/get-flash-plugin-1.2.tazpkg
   #get-flash-plugin
   Shutdown/restart firefox
   Updates to flash-plugin-11.1.102.55

   Firefox:
   Download/install Trixar's firefox-4.0.tazpkg http://www.box.net/shared/j9kcfueb9a
   Launch firefox and update to 8.0 from Help/About Firefox

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   JasonS
   

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   Mojo: thanks. I tried to find Trixar's FF4 after seing a forum post on it, but the link posted was broken. Yours works - thanks.

   Next stupid question: having downloaded the .tazpgk files, how do I point the package manager at the local file? Or, alternatively, can I just "tazpkg get-install get-flash-plugin-1.2" (i.e. is it in the normal repository as well)?

   Like I said, I'm a complete newbie on linux. It's very frustrating.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   arsaber
   

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   1/ open an xterm
   2/ Became root. Type :
   su
   passwd : root
   3/
   cd to the directory where are the .tazpkg you downloaded
   4/ Type
   tazpkg install yourpackage.tazpkg
   (and not tazpkg get-install)

   For more info on tazpkg : http://hg.slitaz.org/tazpkg/raw-file/tip/doc/tazpkg.en.html

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Trixar_za
   

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   The reason it's broken is because the site moved. It's now on a new domain @ http://www.trixarian.net/SliTaz instead of the old domain trixarian.za.net.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   JasonS
   

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   Arsaber: thanks. Incredibly simple when you know how.

   I'll try these things and report back. I tried about ten minimal distros over the weekend and SliTaz was by far the best, so I really hope I can eventually get it set up as I want.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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    JasonS
    

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    Guys, thanks so much. Getting somewhere now - flash installed and working, and Firefox 4 working.

    When I go to help/about firefox, though, I don't have any option to upgrade (unless I'm being stupid, which is quite possible). Any ideas?

    

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    Trixar_za
    

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    Click on "Check for Updates". It will check for, download and upgrade to the latest copy of Firefox unless you disabled this function in Edit---> Preferences---> Advanced---> Update.

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    JasonS
    

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    Ok, to make the "check for updates" box appear in "about" I first have to disable automatic updates in edit > preferences > advanced > Update.

    Once that box is available, however, clicking it just reports that Firefox is up to date. Any clues?

    Posted 12 years ago #
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    Trixar_za
    

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    Re-enable the update function then try again. It's strange that it hides the update function when it's enabled. If that doesn't work, try this:

    1. Open xterm
    2. Type su and press enter
    3. Enter your root password (default is root)
    4. Now type firefox and press enter.
    5. Try to update Firefox again.

    Posted 12 years ago #
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    JasonS
    

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    So randomly, after two days and a few re-boots of the machine the "update now" box appeared all by itself, and Firefox updated succesfully. The problem seemed to be that Firefox 4 thought it was already at the latest version and so didn't enable the update box.

    Even forcing the "update now" box to appear by disabling automatic updates, a manual attempt still resulted in the message that Firefox 4 was up to date.

    All good now, though, thanks for all your help.

    Posted 12 years ago #

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