[SOLVED] Dapper Drake 1.5 firefox, want to upgrade.

[Bikerbob]

Ok, i am trying to use the script to install the latest firefox on my Dapper drake install.

It seems to go good, I don't see any errors in the install.. but I was not able to start a firefox old or new.. so I had to install Epiphany to get back online.. uninstall it using the uninstill script and then the old 1.5 firefox worked again. I am using the links on the desktop and the menu to try and start it... what is going wrong?

I am running on a PPC platform.. but this software issue should be independent of that right?

thanks
james

[nanotube]

hi
the firefox binary that is being installed by ubuntuzilla is for i386 platform, not for ppc. i think that's why the "new" firefox fails to start.

i am not aware of anyone distributing ppc binaries for mozilla software... you could look around maybe on getdeb.com (or is that .net?), and generally google it....

[sep1318]

Getdeb is .net. I just looked on mozilla.com, and it doesn't look like a linux ppc version exists. :'( Hopefully I'm wrong, and you can find it somewhere. Good luck!

[Bikerbob]

Right.... jezzz ok..

I can do a manual install I guess I just need to find a newer ppc version.

James

[nanotube]

well, then it looks like your best bet is to compile from source. i recall seeing instructions for building firefox from source somewhere... but i don't recall where at this point. once you have the software built for ppc, then you can use the "manual install" instructions to install.