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Thread: HOWTO: Install IceWeasel Web browser in Dapper or Edgy

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    Re: HOWTO: Install IceWeasel Web browser in Dapper or Edgy

    Quote Originally Posted by K.Mandla View Post
    Did you try stateq2's suggestion above?

    http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost...69&postcount=2

    I think that's what you're looking for, but let us know if it's not.
    Where exactly do we put that code? (My knowledge of programming is pretty basic.)

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    Re: HOWTO: Install IceWeasel Web browser in Dapper or Edgy

    I did the second one, but where's my add blocker and video grabber? Certainly not at the bottom of my browser. Thanks for posting it, though. What do I do now?

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    Re: HOWTO: Install IceWeasel Web browser in Dapper or Edgy

    Quote Originally Posted by joshua neff View Post
    Where exactly do we put that code? (My knowledge of programming is pretty basic.)
    If you used firefox previously, and installed your plugins globally, you want to put that code into a terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal)
    Code:
    ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins ~/.gnuzilla/
    or
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    ln -s /usr/lib/firefox/plugins ~/.gnuzilla/
    It basically makes a symobolic link in your Iceweasel directory that points to your firefox plugin directory.

    This is just a temporary solution until plugins actually get installed in the global iceweasel directory, or the global mozilla directory gets added to the iceweasel plugin search path.
    Last edited by stateq2; October 16th, 2006 at 02:27 PM.

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    Re: HOWTO: Install IceWeasel Web browser in Dapper or Edgy

    Quote Originally Posted by joshua neff View Post
    Thanks to this (thumbsucking? nah, useful!) HOWTO, I downloaded IceWeasel and got it installed. And I'm digging it. It definitely loads up faster than Firefox or Swiftfox.

    There's only one problem: Gnash. The "Install Missing Plugin" trick didn't work, I'm guessing because I didn't open IceWeasel as root. I tried opening it as root (gksudo iceweasel), but that didn't do anything. I downloaded Gnash, but...which folder should it be in to work in IceWeasel?
    I know that Iceweasel is designed to support opensource plugins...but I've found that the gnash plugin is not near the quality of the official flash plugin.

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    Re: HOWTO: Install IceWeasel Web browser in Dapper or Edgy

    lol just go here and start downloading. if it won't work, it will say so once you click to install. I have no script and addblock and my weather thingy ma bob now. https://addons.mozilla.org/

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    Re: HOWTO: Install IceWeasel Web browser in Dapper or Edgy

    Ice weasel install went ok and linking the defaukt media plugins worked.
    .
    However man to have to re-install themes and extensions.
    Is there anyway to link those already in the default firefox local folder?

    Swiftfox alows that i think

    Iif theres no other way i guess i'll have to install then remove firefox and its profile no sense in havingtwo folders with the same things in them.

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    Re: HOWTO: Install IceWeasel Web browser in Dapper or Edgy

    Quote Originally Posted by stateq2 View Post
    to add....you can also associate your mozilla plugin directory w/ iceweasel...in the syntax:
    Code:
    ln -s /path/to/mozilla/plugins ~/.gnuzilla/
    if you have firefox installed, you can do it w/ this command:
    Code:
    ln -s /usr/lib/firefox/plugins ~/.gnuzilla/

    The second line of code got flash working in Iceweasel for me, which is a HUGE help. The most amazing part of all is that now flash audio and video are actually IN SYNCH. Thanks!

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    Re: HOWTO: Install IceWeasel Web browser in Dapper or Edgy

    I don't know why I didn't think to just type that in the terminal. I must have been having a brain freeze. Anyway, I tried both of those lines and they didn't work. But I did do a little jigging and...Flash is now working fine in IceWeasel. So thanks for all of your help everyone.

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    Re: HOWTO: Install IceWeasel Web browser in Dapper or Edgy

    Can someone help me figure out why Iceweasel is not staying as either the default webbrowser and the default web browser in Sytem->Preferences->Preferred Applications?
    Every time i start it says its not the default webbvrowser i disbled checking in firefox, as for the Preferred Applications it gets reset every reboot to /usr/local/bin/Iceweasel/firefox %s

    Which is weird

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    Re: HOWTO: Install IceWeasel Web browser in Dapper or Edgy

    Hi all,

    Earlier in this thread I was wondering about replacing the ugly icon in the title bar to the left. I figured it out:

    Code:
    sudo mkdir /usr/local/Iceweasel/chrome/icons
    sudo mkdir /usr/local/Iceweasel/chrome/icons/default
    sudo cp /usr/share/pixmaps/iceweasel32.png /usr/local/Iceweasel/chrome/icons/default/default.xpm
    That's it! It should be there!

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