HowTo Install the Latest Firefox in Ubuntu (Ultimate HowTo)

[unwoken]

Hi arnieboy,

thanks for this script, once again. it's really nice to know that people like you are here to help us mortals

i am having a slight problem now i have 1.5 installed. it is to do with the 'text zoom' extension from: http://www.cosmicat.com/extensions/textzoom/

i admit that i had to edit the install.rdf to get it to work as the max version wasn't high enough. it does work fine, and this is certainly not a complaint (as i know it has nothing to do with you), but i'll tell you what's going on anyway, as you know a lot more than me about these sort of things.

i can set the text zoom level, and everything works perfectly. however, if i restart a saved session (through tab mix plus settings) or open all tabs from a bookmark folder the text zoom is not applied.

i have removed the saved session function on tab mix plus, and don't often open all bookmarks from a particular folder in tabs anyway (i generally do it to test settings on various pages).

anyway, this was working fine on 1.0.7. do you think that i am having this problem because the extension has not yet been formally updated to 1.5? or could it be something else?

i am very happy though, and would like to thank you again for all the help you have offered, and time you have given...

cheers,
uw.

[r4ik]

Firefox died completely had to install opera and re-run the script
Here's my output at this moment,

r4ik@compu:~$ ls /opt/firefox/plugins
libjavaplugin_oji.so libnullplugin.so nppdf.so
r4ik@compu:~$

The #189 did not give any result.
Something has to be wrong on my side.

[ubuntu27]

Need help ok, firefox installed fine. I can install Extension like I always do from my user account (the first account), but the rest of the user accoun can't install any extensiosn at all. I don't remember the error that gives me.. I think it was chromo something...

ah.. and that chromo error keep apearing even in my account each time I install new extensions

[NunoCorreia]

I didn't read the rest of thread because it was big so I don't know if this has been addressed yet, but after installing FF with the script (which went great, good work ) code fields - like those frequently used here to represent commands - appear blank. Although I'm able to select the text and paste somewhere else to see what it is, that's a PITA

Has anyone seen this happen yet and was able to solve it?

[galderz]

i've followed instructions in wiki, but i get to the point of executing firefox and it says that it is an invalid command. checked permissions and x is avaiable for everyone. files are there and ln is pointing to /opt/firefox/firefox

:/opt/firefox$ ls -l
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5239 2005-11-12 00:59 firefox

anything i might be missing?im newbie

[akniss]

The howto on the wiki worked perfectly for me! Thanks!

[kathymacau]

Sorry, but it still isn't working. Giving up for now and heading to bed. 3am my time.

Arnieboy thank you, all is go. Funny how I could see the problem after a sleep. Could not have done it without your help though, and I have learned heaps. Must have a look at a command line tutorial though, so I know what instructions are doing, rather than simply following blindly.

[rjwood]

rob@ubuntu:~$ java -version
java version "1.4.2"
gij (GNU libgcj) version 4.0.2 20050808 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.0.1-4ubuntu9)

Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
This is interesting because in my home folder I have jre-1_5_0_05-linux-i586

[rjwood]

never mind I did the smart thing and read the thread and found my problem.

arnie, you are an outstanding member of this community. Thank you for all the help. Not just on this but other assistence you have given me. Cheers! to a good guy!!

[naturalhl2]

Ok im having an issue installing this
I download firefox and I extract to home folder then I go to
applications-accessories-terminal and then I do that ./firefox_install thing and it says File or directory cannot be found any ideas?
How do I run the gnome terminal or is that the terminal under accesories