Firefox 1.5

[lowey23]

Downloaded firefox-1.5.tar.gz to upgrade form firefox 1.0.7
Opened the package.
Don't know what to do to install it.
Would someone help, please.

Cheers

Lowey

[gnutux]

simply extract the archive to some place and RUN!

No installation required. O, please make sure that you uninstall the old one (sudo apt-get remove firefox)

[lowey23]

Thanks for the reply, gnutux.

I uninstalled old firefox as per your instructions. I have the new package on my desktop but can't make it run. Don't I need to instal it, somewhere?

Thanks

Lowey

[randcoop]

The package you downloaded is a compressed file. You should decide where you want Firefox located and copy or move the package there. Keep it in one of your home directories, though, so that you can be certain you'll be able to run it. Then you need to extract the files from the package. You can do that in Konqueror by right-clicking on the package and selecting Extract Here. Alternatively, you can use the command line with:

sudo tar -xvzf [the name of the Firefox .gz file]

Either way, the extracted files will be placed in a directory that is a sub-directory of the location of the package.

You then run by simply entering firefox in a console. You can add an item to your menu; you can add an icon to your desktop, etc.

[lowey23]

Thanks for the reply, randcoop.
I moved the extracted files to my /home directory. Typed firefox in a console and received

garylowe@ubuntu:~$ firefox
bash: firefox: command not found

I'm not real good at this so any (detailed?) help would be appreciated.

Lowey

[lowey23]

Thanks all, for your help. Somehow managed to get it working, although i am not real sure what I did.

I think next time I will wait for the new version to turn up in Synaptic.

Cheers

Lowey

[randcoop]

For future reference, if typing the executable command (firefox, for example) doesn't work in the console, then try ./firefox (or whatever) instead.

[Nirvana]

Also, there is a guide on installing (and removing) firefox, here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirefoxNewVersion

[lowey23]

Thanks, nirvana, have bookmarked the link for future use.

Thanks, all, once again for your help.

Lowey

[axel_2078]

Isn't version 1.5 in the debian repositories? Why not just apt-get it?

[corndog]

I had trouble with that today as well. I ended up using apt-get install mozilla-firefox. That worked like a charm.

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I had trouble with that today as well. I ended up using apt-get install mozilla-firefox. That worked like a charm.


Corndog,

Was the version that you installed with apt-get install mozilla-firefox indeed 1.5? If so, how is it performance-wise??? The reason I'm asking is ver. 1.0.7 that is/was in the repositories was painfully S-L-O-W to load/browse/etc. I'm wondering if that's been fixed now with ver. 1.5. I've been using the link in reply #7 above to install since 1.5 RC1 and it's FAST! It's the ver. directly from Mozilla themselves.

Thanks!

[Vantskruv]

Hi! I'm really new in Linux, installed it yesterday for the first time, never had a contact with it before! I'm surprised how nice it is, but it is a bit complicated (but that is fun). I can't update firefox in Adept because the 1.5 version doesn't exist (only the 1.0.7). So I downloaded it manually and unpacked it in '/home/johannes/Programs/'. But when trying start firefox in Terminal-mode typing './firefox' I get this message:

/firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
johannes@JOMPA:~/Programs/firefox$

I've checked the libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 in the Adept but there is no such thing. The only libgtk2.0 I found installed is libgtk2.0-0, libgtk2.0-0-bin and libgtk2.0-0-common.

Edit: I have libstdc6++ installed.
Edit: I'm using an AMD64-processor...

Can somehone help me?

Another question that doesn't have anything with firefox to do. How do I copying/creating/deleting things above the '/home/johannes'-folder without using sudo in the Terminal, how do I do it in GUI?

/Thanks for any clear answers

PS.
I'm not regretting installing Kubuntu yesterday, it seems to be awesome. It feels like XP really sucks now ...right now for this time.* ;)

[footer]

As mentioned in reply #7 above, you should use this link to install Firefox 1.5:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirefoxNewVersion

As to how to delete things in a GUI, fire up Konqueror (the System Menu just to the right of the "K" and click on the Home folder) and delete away!

[Vantskruv]

No it doesn't working to install firefox 1.5, I've already tried the link above, I think there are som libs missing but I don't know how to install them. I got a tip using the command ldd for file firefox-bin in the firefox-directory:

johannes@JOMPA:/opt/firefox$ ldd firefox-bin
* * * * linux-gate.so.1 =>* (0xffffe000)
* * * * libmozjs.so => not found
* * * * libxpcom.so => not found
* * * * libxpcom_core.so => not found
* * * * libplds4.so => not found
* * * * libplc4.so => not found
* * * * libnspr4.so => not found
* * * * libpthread.so.0 => /lib32/tls/libpthread.so.0 (0x5557d000)
* * * * libdl.so.2 => /lib32/tls/libdl.so.2 (0x5558e000)
* * * * libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => not found
* * * * libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => not found
* * * * libatk-1.0.so.0 => not found
* * * * libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => not found
* * * * libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 => not found
* * * * libpangox-1.0.so.0 => not found
* * * * libpango-1.0.so.0 => not found
* * * * libgobject-2.0.so.0 => not found
* * * * libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => not found
* * * * libglib-2.0.so.0 => not found
* * * * libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libX11.so.6 (0x55593000)
* * * * libm.so.6 => /lib32/tls/libm.so.6 (0x55653000)
* * * * libsmime3.so => not found
* * * * libssl3.so => not found
* * * * libnss3.so => not found
* * * * libsoftokn3.so => not found
* * * * libXrender.so.1 => not found
* * * * libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libfreetype.so.6 (0x55676000)
* * * * libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libXt.so.6 (0x556e0000)
* * * * libxpcom_compat.so => not found
* * * * libstdc++.so.5 => /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.5 (0x5572f000)
* * * * libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x557e9000)
* * * * libc.so.6 => /lib32/tls/libc.so.6 (0x557f4000)
* * * * libXft.so.2 => not found
* * * * libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x55923000)
* * * * /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x55555000)
* * * * libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libXau.so.6 (0x55951000)
* * * * libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x55954000)
* * * * libz.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libz.so.1 (0x55958000)
* * * * libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libSM.so.6 (0x5596c000)
* * * * libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libICE.so.6 (0x55974000)
* * * * libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libexpat.so.1 (0x5598d000)


This tells me many files are missing but I don't know how to install them, maybe something went wrong in the install of Kubuntu? I'll try reinstall the system and see what happens, if someone isn't fast enough to help me...

And also, about my other question. Yes I know and can copy files via Konqueror but it only works in the home directory, but not above that directory. I get message 'Access denied", of course it is because the GUI isn't using the sudo command. Can I make Konqueror to use the sudo command automaticlly? I've read that if login as root it will work but it can be dangerous (why?). Maybe I should post this question in a new thread.

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Sorry to hear about your continued problems with FF 1.5. Perhaps you should try getting the older version of FF working first:


sudo apt-get install mozilla-firefox

which should install everything you need to get FF up and running. Then follow the link as previously mentioned to upgrade to 1.5.

As for deleting things above your home directory, that can be dangerous. It's why the developers of U/Kubuntu went with the sudo thing. There is plenty of discussion in these forums and the forums at Ubuntuforums.org about that philosophy. I don't know how to get Konqueror in root mode but there's another GUI file manager called Krusader that you can log in as root mode and do what you want.

:)

[Vantskruv]

Thanks for helping but it still doesn't work. Very strange. But the file libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 exist in my /usr/lib folder. So I don't know why firefox-bin can't find it. I've played a little with the scripts "firefox" and "run-mozilla.sh" but I haven't found anything that seems to affect this problem. And when I'm running ldd, the .so files that are not found exist in the /opt/firefox-folder. Very strange...

Also I've reinstalled the system to check if may work, but that didn't help too.

I'lll give up now, waiting to install it till it exist in Adept.
???

[footer]

Did you try installing the version that's in Adept (or Synaptic)? I think it's probably 1.0.7. That should work.

Let us know.

:)

[Vantskruv]

Yeah, it works fine v.1.0.7.

But the personality of mine is that I have to have the latest of everything. ;D

[footer]

I hear you. I like the latest and greatest too. Especially when it comes to FF because ver. 1.5 really rocks vs. ver. 1.0.7 ... especially in U/Kubuntu! :)

In the link for installing FF 1.5 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirefoxNewVersion), under notes at the top it says:

You need package 'libstdc++5' installed.

You said in an earlier reply that you have:

Edit: I have libstdc6++ installed.

But these two packages are not the same (or is that a typo in your edit?)!!!

Still something up!

[Vantskruv]

I didn't do any "typo". I had only ibstdc6++ installed. I installed now libstdc5++ but the problem still persists. :P

Edit: I'm using Firefox for i686 on x86-64

[Vantskruv]

OK! I downloaded the x86-distribution of Kubuntu and installed it. NOW Firefox 1.5 works. Firefox didn't like the 64-bit version!

I'm glad that it have been a little struggle, because I've learned great things in small time.

;D ;D ;D :P

PS

Hmmm, I feel more and more for Konqueror...

[footer]

HOORAY!!!! ;D

I had a feeling it had something to do with 64-bit but didn't know what. And it seems strange that the 64-bit version doesn't work on a 64-bit machine! I wonder if others with 64-bit machines are experiencing this? I wouldn't know as I'm still stuck in 32-bit land (Athlon XP 3000+).

:)

[carlossus]

I don't know how to get Konqueror in root mode <SNIP>

Try sudo konqueror in a terminal.

Thanks for the link to installing Firefox 1.5. I was getting quite frustrated before I came across this thread :-) Just needed to install the libraries. Next time I will search the Kubuntu forums before spending too much time at the Mozilla site.

[aysiu]

I don't know how to get Konqueror in root mode <SNIP>

Try sudo konqueror in a terminal. Or
kdesu konqueror