taketheveil
July 6th, 2006, 04:05 PM
Ok this one's easy, and I'm sure plenty of you have already figured this one out, but just in case not:
1. download/install wine from synaptic (make sure all the repositories are enabled just in case)
2. download firefox for windows 98 from getfirefox.com, save it to your desktop
3. open up a terminal and type
cd /home/YOUR_NAME/Desktop
wine firefoxsetup.exe
and follow directions to install it. Note that the actual installer isn't really named "firefoxsetup.exe", just type the first capital F and press tab to tab-complete the rest of the file's name.
After firefox is done installing, you can run it anytime by opening up terminal and typing
wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Mozilla\ Firefox/firefox.exe
Next, navigate to adobe.com, and click on the "get flash" link. Download flash 9, and open it when its done downloading. You have to close firefox and open it again for it to finish installing itself.
Open up the windows version of firefox again (see above) and navigate to http://theflashblog.com/?p=181# to test and see if you've got flash 9! Congrats if you did!
Optional: Here's how to add the windows firefox to your menu so you can access it easier:
1. Open alacarte menu editor
2. Highlight the submenu that says "Intarweb" (yours may say "Internet" ;) )
3. File --> new entry
4. Name it "Winfox" or whatever you feel like
5. Add "wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Mozilla\ Firefox/firefox.exe" to command
6. pick an icon you like
7. Press ok
Now you'll be surfing the internets in all its Flash 9 gory!
edit: actually, I just tried that last part, and it didn't work... must be a typo in there or something, I'll let you guys sort it out because I am supposed to be somewhere else right now! :(
1. download/install wine from synaptic (make sure all the repositories are enabled just in case)
2. download firefox for windows 98 from getfirefox.com, save it to your desktop
3. open up a terminal and type
cd /home/YOUR_NAME/Desktop
wine firefoxsetup.exe
and follow directions to install it. Note that the actual installer isn't really named "firefoxsetup.exe", just type the first capital F and press tab to tab-complete the rest of the file's name.
After firefox is done installing, you can run it anytime by opening up terminal and typing
wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Mozilla\ Firefox/firefox.exe
Next, navigate to adobe.com, and click on the "get flash" link. Download flash 9, and open it when its done downloading. You have to close firefox and open it again for it to finish installing itself.
Open up the windows version of firefox again (see above) and navigate to http://theflashblog.com/?p=181# to test and see if you've got flash 9! Congrats if you did!
Optional: Here's how to add the windows firefox to your menu so you can access it easier:
1. Open alacarte menu editor
2. Highlight the submenu that says "Intarweb" (yours may say "Internet" ;) )
3. File --> new entry
4. Name it "Winfox" or whatever you feel like
5. Add "wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Mozilla\ Firefox/firefox.exe" to command
6. pick an icon you like
7. Press ok
Now you'll be surfing the internets in all its Flash 9 gory!
edit: actually, I just tried that last part, and it didn't work... must be a typo in there or something, I'll let you guys sort it out because I am supposed to be somewhere else right now! :(