Howto Install 32 bit Firefox with Flash w/sound and Java for AMD64

[Bashed]

Actually, I got this installed but just one problem:

In comparison to the default installed 64bit, the 32bit theme is boxy and outlined (like mouse over menu, status bar, etc). How can I correct that?

It wasn't like that before...

[thaibox]

Worked perfectly for me with Feisty. Thanks a lot.

[kuntzk]

First, Thanks! This script is great and made my life much easier.

I've only found one issue with the install so far...

I Installed on Fiesty, Everthing works as expected, flash, java all with sound etc. But we have an application in our enterprise that uses a java applet with NTLM auth. When I try to log into it I get an authentication error. Not sure what the problem is, but looking at the strack trace it doesn't look like its something specific to the application, but rather a missing dependency in the java runtime or required libs. I tried the applet from a standard 32bit ubuntu install and it works as expected.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The stack trace follows:

java.lang.NullPointerException
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.NTLMAuthent...ation.java:297)
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.NTLMAuthent...ation.java:382)
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.NTLMAuthent...ation.java:213)
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...tion.java:1053)
at sun.plugin.net.protocol.http.HttpUtils.followRedir ects(HttpUtils.java:43)
at sun.plugin.cache.CachedJarLoader.download(CachedJa rLoader.java:391)
at sun.plugin.cache.CachedJarLoader.load(CachedJarLoa der.java:155)
at sun.plugin.cache.JarCache.get(JarCache.java:185)
at sun.plugin.net.protocol.jar.CachedJarURLConnection .connect(CachedJarURLConnection.java:94)
at sun.plugin.net.protocol.jar.CachedJarURLConnection .getJarFile(CachedJarURLConnection.java:78)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath$JarLoader.getJarFile(URLClas sPath.java:583)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath$JarLoader.<init>(URLClassPat h.java:546)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath$3.run(URLClassPath.java:324)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getLoader(URLClassPath.java: 313)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getLoader(URLClassPath.java: 290)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getResource(URLClassPath.jav a:160)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java: 192)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.j ava:188)
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(AppletClass Loader.java:147)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:3 06)
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(AppletClass Loader.java:119)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:2 51)
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadCode(AppletClassL oader.java:591)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(AppletPanel.ja va:721)
at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(AppletViewer. java:1804)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(AppletPanel.java: 650)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(AppletPanel.java:324)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
/usr/share/themes/Human/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:71: Engine "ubuntulooks" is unsupported, ignoring
/usr/share/themes/Human/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:241: Priority specification is unsupported, ignoring

[Kilz]

First, Thanks! This script is great and made my life much easier.

I've only found one issue with the install so far...

I Installed on Fiesty, Everthing works as expected, flash, java all with sound etc. But we have an application in our enterprise that uses a java applet with NTLM auth. When I try to log into it I get an authentication error. Not sure what the problem is, but looking at the strack trace it doesn't look like its something specific to the application, but rather a missing dependency in the java runtime or required libs. I tried the applet from a standard 32bit ubuntu install and it works as expected.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The stack trace follows:

java.lang.NullPointerException
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.NTLMAuthent...ation.java:297)
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.NTLMAuthent...ation.java:382)
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.NTLMAuthent...ation.java:213)
at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...tion.java:1053)
at sun.plugin.net.protocol.http.HttpUtils.followRedir ects(HttpUtils.java:43)
at sun.plugin.cache.CachedJarLoader.download(CachedJa rLoader.java:391)
at sun.plugin.cache.CachedJarLoader.load(CachedJarLoa der.java:155)
at sun.plugin.cache.JarCache.get(JarCache.java:185)
at sun.plugin.net.protocol.jar.CachedJarURLConnection .connect(CachedJarURLConnection.java:94)
at sun.plugin.net.protocol.jar.CachedJarURLConnection .getJarFile(CachedJarURLConnection.java:78)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath$JarLoader.getJarFile(URLClas sPath.java:583)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath$JarLoader.<init>(URLClassPat h.java:546)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath$3.run(URLClassPath.java:324)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getLoader(URLClassPath.java: 313)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getLoader(URLClassPath.java: 290)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getResource(URLClassPath.jav a:160)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java: 192)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.j ava:188)
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(AppletClass Loader.java:147)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:3 06)
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(AppletClass Loader.java:119)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:2 51)
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadCode(AppletClassL oader.java:591)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(AppletPanel.ja va:721)
at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(AppletViewer. java:1804)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(AppletPanel.java: 650)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(AppletPanel.java:324)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
/usr/share/themes/Human/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:71: Engine "ubuntulooks" is unsupported, ignoring
/usr/share/themes/Human/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:241: Priority specification is unsupported, ignoring

For the life of me, I cant see what libs are listed as missing. I see it doesnt like the theme and ignores it. But if you see specific files its requesting please point them out.

[Kilz]

Actually, I got this installed but just one problem:

In comparison to the default installed 64bit, the 32bit theme is boxy and outlined (like mouse over menu, status bar, etc). How can I correct that?

It wasn't like that before...

I have said this before, I will say it again. I have just aded it to the top page so people dont have to go through 90+ pages to find it.

I am a Ubuntu user (of only 1 year linux experience). I am not a developer. The whole purpose of Firefox32 is to use plugins the 64bit version cant use. It was never meant to be a perfect replacement , to be completely integrated. I try as best I can, but some things may be beyond my ability. Blending in other files in the system is one of them.
If you feel it isnt good enough, I am truly sorry. If you would like to bring the problem to someones attention, feel free to go to the Ubuntu developers. They have had the ability for a long time to offer a 32bit browser for 64bit users(I even asked for one before Edgy) but they prefer to leave 64bit users up a creek with a 64bit browser that cant use common plugins that are used literally all over the net. They could make it blend perfectly.

[dlroller1]

Thanks for the script. Saved me untold hours messing with it.

Works great on feisty with one small exception... Two sudo-s are missing for the feisty/mplayer/w32codecs section (lines 665 and 666 in the script I downloaded). The wget and tar both failed.

Great work!

[feasible]

Hi,
I'm running swiftfox32 on a amd64 with kubuntu feisty. I have the extra packages at the start of the how to installed and followed the instructions for installing java. Didn't read the whole post in my eagerness so I did them before i did the extra installation of gtk-qt-engine package. tried the test website before and after the gtk.. package and neither time did work. I looked in the aboutlugins page and java isn't listed at all. Any idea what I can do?

many thanks (i'm new to linux, but determined to get it working right)
ps that smileys meant to be a colon

[Kilz]

Hi,
I'm running swiftfox32 on a amd64 with kubuntu feisty. I have the extra packages at the start of the how to installed and followed the instructions for installing java. Didn't read the whole post in my eagerness so I did them before i did the extra installation of gtk-qt-engine package. tried the test website before and after the gtk.. package and neither time did work. I looked in the aboutlugins page and java isn't listed at all. Any idea what I can do?

many thanks (i'm new to linux, but determined to get it working right)
ps that smileys meant to be a colon

Swiftfox is not supported, are you sure thats what you are using?

[rsambuca]

Hey Kilz, great How-to. Thank you very much. I have just used your How-to with Swiftweasel.

One quick note that you will have to change: It appears that Java has released a new version, so you will have to change a couple of lines in your How-to, and I assume your script as well.

In your How-to, I had to change the following lines:

chmod 777 ./jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin
./jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin

and

cp -r -p ./jre1.6.0_02/* /usr/local/java32

Everything else seemed to work perfectly.

[bollix47]

Actually, I got this installed but just one problem:

If by this you mean you got Firefox32 working in Gutsy would you please share the steps you took. Like your previous post I have problems with ia32-libs-gtk and ia32-libs-sdl.

Thanks