Installing Firefox 1.5

[Dotan Cohen]

On 2/10/06, Stratos Laspas <stratos at laspas.gr> wrote:
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> Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > On 2/9/06, Stratos Laspas <stratos at laspas.gr> wrote:
> >> Hello there!
> >>
> >> I just used the Automatix script to install anything I wanted:
> >>
> >> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=66563
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Art Alexion wrote:
> >>> I did this and it is working fine.  I installed to /opt/firefox and
> >>> created a symlink to /opt/firefox/firefox in /usr/local/bin.  I prefer
> >>> the /opt branch for self-contained programs, and /usr/local for programs
> >>> that spread their installations over the lib, share, etc. branches.
> >>>
> >>> Among the things that make this easy is that the the version of Firefox
> >>> in the breezy repositories is named mozilla-firefox, while the 1.5
> >>> version from mozilla.com is named simply firefox which prevents
> >>> conflicts.  The other nice thing is that 1.5 automatically imports all
> >>> of your user settings.
> >>>
> >>> I am not sure if this is safe, so I can't really recommend it, but...
> >>>
> >>> I initially extracted the .tar.gz to ~/temp/firefox, discovered that I
> >>> didn't have to "install" it, i.e. that the extraction created a self
> >>> contained working copy.  When I decided that I preferred it and that
> >>> there were no conflicts, I moved it
> >>>
> >>>     sudo mv ~/temp/firefox /opt/
> >>>     cd /usr/local/bin
> >>>     sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox
> >>>
> >>> If you use Thunderbird for  mail and want it to open http/https links in
> >>> 1.5, use the Thunderbird extension about:config.
> >>>
> >>> You can't remove the Ubuntu default version with apt-get remove as it
> >>> will break other apps that use its gecko engine.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Javier wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> You can download the tar.gz file from firefox's web site. Then
> >>>> decompress it to a local folder (for example /urs/local/). You will
> >>>> need to install libstdc++5 (it's in the repo).
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2/9/06, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Just installed Kubuntu 5.10 but I've used Fedora for about a year. I
> >>>>> want to install Firefox 1.5 but get-apt has only 1.0.7. Is there an
> >>>>> alternative to downloading the rpm from getfirefox.com? For that
> >>>>> matter, how are rpm's in debian based systems? Should I get used to
> >>>>> something else?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks in advance for assistance.
> >
> > While this is certainly a great script, it does not install Firefox
> > 1.5- it installs version 1.0.7 . I can't seem to find an up to date
> > page with the version numbers of the programs it installs.
> >
> > Dotan
> > http://technology-sleuth.com/short_answer/how_can_i_be_safe_online.html
> > 234
> >
>
> Actually it does (from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=66563
> install options):
>
> 39*) Installs Firefox 1.5.0.1 and its plugins(themes and extensions are
> not retained, bookmarks need to be copied from backup folder)
>
> Regards,
>
> Stratos

Hmmm... I now see that in two different places in the menus I have
_both_ Fx versions installed. And 1.5 is in Hebrew! That's great- it
probably found the hebrew version that I had downloaded from
getfirefox.com before I discovered Automatix. Excellent job!

But the page in question does not list version numbers for most of the
other software. I'm not complaining- just pointing it out as I think
that is important.

Thank you.

Dotan
http://technology-sleuth.com/technical_answer/how_can_i_be_safe_online.html
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