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Author:  brittneygirl [ Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Installing Firefox
Hello,

I've tried a few of the other Myth* distros and heard great things about KM so I wanted to give it a shot. However, at the command prompt when I try to install firefox it tells me that it isn't a recognized package.

Is there a repo I need to update or configure to load more packages?

Thanks for your help.
Author:  mjl [ Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:21 pm ]
Post subject: 
Hi,
There are a couple of steps you will need to do to get firefox installed.
All steps as root, su -
first edit sources and remove the un from the first source item:
nano -w /etc/apt/sources.list
load the repository inventory:
apt-get update
install a couple of tools:
apt-get install synaptic
apt-get install firefox

The trick to be aware of is to check to ensure it is only going to install, no updates, no removals. Some packages may not show issues until they are being "unwrapped and installed" One such case is thunderbird, all goes well until it tries to add the dictionary. You can use synaptic to remove the offending package as you are block from future additions until it is fixed. You can use synaptic to install packages also, just watch carefully for the install items as mentioned earlier.

You may want to add flash and the jre also using synaptic. use su (no -) and then you can run it from an xterm.
While at root power, I also add a hot key to call firefox.
echo "Mod1 w :ExecCommand mozilla" >> /etc/X11/fluxbox/keys
When finished, restart the xserver (ctl alt bksp) and once back at the menus, press alt w to bring up firefox :)
You can hide / unhide firefox with an alt tab

Mike
Author:  manicmike [ Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Installing Firefox
brittneygirl wrote:
Hello,

I've tried a few of the other Myth* distros and heard great things about KM so I wanted to give it a shot. However, at the command prompt when I try to install firefox it tells me that it isn't a recognized package.

Is there a repo I need to update or configure to load more packages?

Thanks for your help.


Firefox in Debian is called iceweasel. You will need to apt-get install iceweasel

This is obvious if you do an apt-cache search firefox.

Cheers

Mike
Author:  mjl [ Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:44 am ]
Post subject: 
Hi,

manicmike is correct with the name but the package manager automatically substitutes the iceweasle.

Mike
Author:  brittneygirl [ Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:23 pm ]
Post subject: 
Thanks guys, I will try it now that I am home.

Thanks for your input, I'll let you know how it turned out!
Author:  graysky [ Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:59 pm ]
Post subject: 
I put it on my R5.5 box simply by downloading the package from www.firefox.com and launching it from the shell:

Code:
$ lynx www.firefox.com


That'll bring up the webpage. Now hit space twice, position your cursor over the "Linux (8.7MB)" link and hit the right arrow key to download. Then save it to disk and exit lynx by hitting "Q" when it's finished. This should result in the firefox-3.0.1.tar.bz2 archive downloaded to your /home/<user>

Code:
$ tar -xjf firefox-3.0.1.tar.bz2


That will unpack it. To use it simply:

Code:
$ cd firefox
$ ./firefox


Worked for me :)
Author:  rkshack [ Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:38 pm ]
Post subject: 
I installed firefox without difficulty by using the lynx www.firefox.com instruction from above. I have a couple of questions.

Are all the files from firefox in /home/mythtv/firefox and /root/.mozilla/firefox?

How do I install flash?

How do I remove firefox cleanly?

rkshack
Author:  manicmike [ Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:40 pm ]
Post subject: 
rkshack wrote:
I installed firefox without difficulty by using the lynx www.firefox.com instruction from above. I have a couple of questions.

Are all the files from firefox in /home/mythtv/firefox and /root/.mozilla/firefox?

How do I install flash?

How do I remove firefox cleanly?

rkshack


Here's a tip on which way is best: Always use a debian package if one is available (and one is). Uninstalling and upgrading are then trivial. Flash is then installed the same way. It is in the non-free section.

You will have to read the README file that came with the downloaded binary for how to get rid of it cleanly. The flash player should probably be manually installed too. Go to adobe.com and it will prompt you to the download location.

Mike

P.S. Don't run firefox as root. Very dangerous.
Author:  jzigmyth [ Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:22 pm ]
Post subject: 
mjl wrote:
first edit sources and remove the un from the first source item:
nano -w /etc/apt/sources.list
Mike
After it is installed should one go back and add the un back into the sources?
Author:  cecil [ Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:04 am ]
Post subject: 
jzigmyth wrote:
After it is installed should one go back and add the un back into the sources?
What "un". Should be no need.
Author:  jzigmyth [ Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:52 am ]
Post subject: 
cecil wrote:
What "un"


mjl wrote:
Hi,
There are a couple of steps you will need to do to get firefox installed.
All steps as root, su -
first edit sources and remove the un from the first source item:
nano -w /etc/apt/sources.list


Quote:
Change /etc/apt/sources.list:
#Debian repos
deb http://ftp.debian.org unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org unstable main contrib non-free

To this:
#Debian repos
deb http://ftp.debian.org stable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org stable main contrib non-free
I was unsure of when to use stable and when to use unstable in the sources list. Knoppmyth came defaulted with unstable in the sources list, but that doesn't work for installing firefox. So I take it there is no reason to ever change it back to unstable.
Author:  graysky [ Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:26 pm ]
Post subject: 
firefox isn't firefox in debian... it's 'iceweasel' so that might explain why you're not finding a 'firefox' package.
Author:  mjl [ Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:00 pm ]
Post subject: 
Hi,

Back in '08, Jul 17, 2008 to be exact, I dont' believe R5.5 was released yet. In R5F27 the sources.list on my machine it had the "un"stable, at least in my install. For R5.5 no change was needed.

I load several apps & games and one of the first is firefox. The apt-get was smart enough to actually pull iceweasle and install that app even if I told it to apt-get install firefox ..

As with anything you may add to your KM machine, becareful as it can hose it real quick. I do not let it upgrade nor remove pacakges with only a couple of exceptions like pppconfig, setserial and have had no ill effects that I know about.

A tough one to get going was openoffice.
Mike
Author:  graysky [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:21 am ]
Post subject: 
@mjl - I remember a time when 'apt-get install firefox' worked as well and I believe it was back on R5F27. If you search 'firefox' over at packages.debian.net, it seems like only the etch (i.e. stable repo) gets a transition package for firefox. All the other ones have switched to 'iceweasel.'
Author:  neutron68 [ Sat Jun 20, 2009 2:07 pm ]
Post subject:  works, but...
graysky wrote:
I put it on my R5.5 box simply by downloading the package from www.firefox.com and launching it from the shell:

Code:
$ lynx www.firefox.com


That'll bring up the webpage. Now hit space twice, position your cursor over the "Linux (8.7MB)" link and hit the right arrow key to download. Then save it to disk and exit lynx by hitting "Q" when it's finished. This should result in the firefox-3.0.1.tar.bz2 archive downloaded to your /home/<user>

Code:
$ tar -xjf firefox-3.0.1.tar.bz2


That will unpack it. To use it simply:

Code:
$ cd firefox
$ ./firefox


Worked for me :)

I just followed your directions using an xterm window in the Fluxbox desktop and they worked.
I noticed that there is no kind of fluxbox program menu header was created after doing this - like it would be if we installed using apt-get.
Does that mean that you would have to go to a xterm window and type "./firefox" every time you want to run Firefox?
Is there a way to make a Fluxbox program header that could be clicked on in R5.5?

Eric
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