Difference between revisions of "Firefox installation"
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* copy the macromedia flash plugin | * copy the macromedia flash plugin | ||
− | + | ** in the case that the system-wide flash plugin should be used, copy it via | |
cp /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplayer.xpt $SBSOFTDIR/opt/firefox/plugins/ | cp /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplayer.xpt $SBSOFTDIR/opt/firefox/plugins/ | ||
cp /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so $SBSOFTDIR/opt/firefox/plugins/ | cp /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so $SBSOFTDIR/opt/firefox/plugins/ | ||
+ | ** if your own version of the flash player should be used, unpack the flash player and copy <tt>.xpt</tt> and <tt>.so</tt>-files into the above directory. |
Revision as of 11:15, 17 January 2007
- Download firefox from http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
- Install it via
cd $SBSOFTDIR/opt tar xzvf firefox-<version>.tar.gz
- If you want to keep the name firefox, link the script firefox to the bin dir
ln -s $SBSOFTDIR/opt/firefox/firefox $SBSOFTDIR/bin/
- If you want to use another name (firefox-2.0), create a shell script that contains
#!/bin/sh exec /home/fias/simbio/software/opt/firefox/firefox "$@"
- make a softlink to the java plugin
ln -s \ /etc/alternatives/firefox-javaplugin.so \ $SBOFTDIR/opt/firefox/plugins/
- copy the macromedia flash plugin
- in the case that the system-wide flash plugin should be used, copy it via
cp /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplayer.xpt $SBSOFTDIR/opt/firefox/plugins/ cp /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so $SBSOFTDIR/opt/firefox/plugins/
- if your own version of the flash player should be used, unpack the flash player and copy .xpt and .so-files into the above directory.