Firefox4 Beta plugins (again)

[Jim Byrnes]

Jonathan Dlouhy wrote:
> On 1/17/2011 5:52 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> On Sunday the 16th Goh Lip was kind enough to give me some
>> instructions on how to get plugins recognized in the Firefox4 beta. I
>> did what he suggested but they still don't appear in about:plugins. I
>> think the problem was I didn't install it where he assumed I did and I
>> then got the symlink wrong.
>>
>> I am using Maverick amd64 and I downloaded the tar file from the
>> mozilla site and extracted it to my home directory. So it is at
>> /home/jfb/firefox. The Canonical version is in it's default location.
>>
>> Could someone post the command to create the symlink needed given this
>> info?
>>
>> Thanks, Jim
>>
>>
>
> Jim here's a link that should make this easier. AFAIK, it will install
> Firefox 4 alongside Firefox 3.
>
> http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/10/get-feel-of-firefox-4-in-ubuntu-1010.html
>
>
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> Jonathan Dlouhy
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Jonathan,

That works but, it installs Mindfield 4.0bpre10.  Also since it is put 
out by Canonical I will not be able to update it using the updates 
pushed out by mozilla.  That's the reason I started looking into it.

Thanks,  Jim