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dagroves

Member

Registered: 2011-08-19

Posts: 16

Firefox 6?

Hello, how can I install the new Firefox 6 on SliTaz 3.0? I am new to SliTaz and I am used to going into my terminal and typing in 'sudo apt-get install (package name)' on an Ubuntu based system. How do I install Firefox 6 on here without having to worry about a tarball file?

Trixar_za

Administrator

Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 1,506

Re: Firefox 6?

We're on 6 already? Dammit and here I just updated to 5.0.1

Ok, here's the thing. SliTaz 3 only has Firefox 3.6 in it's repository and I've done up a package for Firefox 4 for @ http://www.trixarian.za.net/SliTaz - but like you noticed, it's hard to keep up with it. The easiest is to download the tarball they give you, right click on it to extract here and go into the folder and double click the firefox file. This should install Firefox 6 to your system - well, it will run from that directory now.

To make it system wide requires a little more work. Here's what I do:

1. Rename the Firefox 6 directory to something like firefox-6

2. Open a terminal window and cd to where you have your firefox directory located

3. su to root (type su, press enter/return and enter your root password)

4. Type cp -a firefox-6 /usr/lib

5. Type cp -a /usr/lib/firefox-6/firefox /usr/bin

6. Type leafpad /usr/bin/firefox and change moz_libdir to look like this:

[c]moz_libdir=/usr/lib/firefox-6[/c]

7. Save and exit leafpad.

You may notice the lack of an firefox icon, so you need to create it yourself:

1.) Type leafpad firefox.desktop

2.) Enter the following in the file:

[c][Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Firefox
Comment=Browse the Internet
Exec=firefox
Icon=/usr/lib/firefox-6/icons/mozicon128.png
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Network;[/c]
3.) Save and exit leafpad.

4.) Type cp -a firefox.desktop /usr/share/applications

Now it should appear in your panel menu under the Internet menu.

dagroves

Member

Registered: 2011-08-19

Posts: 16

Re: Firefox 6?

I downloaded Firefox 4.0 from your site but how can I update it to version 5 or 6 without the Tarball, I hate working with them, if there is a way. Thanks!