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| ||<tablestyle="float:right; font-size: 0.9em; width:40%; background:#F1F1ED; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;">'''Contents'''[[BR]][[TableOfContents(3)]]|| '''Note:''' This guide is for installing Firefox 1.5 in Ubuntu Breezy 5.10. Ubuntu Breezy and its repositories have Firefox 1.0.7. If you use this guide, '''do not remove the Ubuntu version of Firefox.''' Doing so will break the following packages: Yelp (help viewer), Epiphany, Gnome-app-install (Add Applications), Liferea, Blam and any application requiring the gecko rendering engine. == Installing Firefox from mozilla.com == For some reason, the mozilla.com build of Firefox is significantly faster than the default Ubuntu one. Firefox 1.5 is even faster, and has many new features. These instructions lead you through installing Firefox 1.5 final, but should also work for 1.0.7 or any other version. === Notes === * You will no longer get automatic updates through the repositories (but firefox itself has a built into auto-updater, see below for how that works). * The Totem video plugin doesn't seem to work with firefox 1.5. You may want to install package 'mozilla-mplayer' instead before you start. * '''You need package 'libstdc++5' installed.'''{{{ sudo apt-get install libstdc++5 }}} * This is for i386. If you are on amd64, there are some specific tips in [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirefoxAMD64FlashJava FirefoxAMD64FlashJava] * If you are using scim-1.0.2 as your input method platform, firefox will crash on startup. You may manually build firefox 1.5 to make both of them work. See ["SCIM"] and ["CompileFirefoxNewVersion"] for more information. === Installing === * First, back up your bookmarks and settings: {{{ cd ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default mkdir ~/Desktop/ffsettings cp bookmarks.html cert8.db cookies.txt formhistory.dat key3.db signons.txt history.dat mimeTypes.rdf ~/Desktop/ffsettings }}} * Download [http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.5.0.1/ firefox-1.5.0.1.tar.gz] from [http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ mozilla.com], and change to the directory you downloaded it to. * Install it to /opt/firefox: {{{ # extract tar into /opt (you should make sure /opt already exists) sudo tar -C /opt -x -z -v -f firefox-1.5.0.1.tar.gz # remove the package if you no longer require it rm firefox-1.5.0.1.tar.gz }}} * Link to your plugins (and remove totem-mozilla as it doesn't seem to work with Firefox 1.5): {{{ cd /opt/firefox/plugins/ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/* . sudo rm libtotem_mozilla.* }}} * Change to your home directory, and rename your old profile, leaving it as a backup (using the existing profile may cause problems with Firefox 1.5): {{{ cd mv .mozilla/firefox .mozilla/firefox1.0.x.ubuntu }}} * To ensure it is used as the default version, modify the symbolic link in /usr/bin: {{{ # First, /usr/bin/firefox sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/firefox sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox # Then, /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox, used as the default gnome browser sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox }}} The dpkg-divert command will move the original system-wide /usr/bin/firefox to a new name. The ln command will place a symlink to the newly installed firefox in /usr/bin * Try it out: :-) {{{ firefox }}} *Restore your old data: {{{ cd ~/Desktop/ffsettings mv * ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default }}} *Restore your Searchplugins: {{{ sudo cp -i --reply=no /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/searchplugins/* /opt/firefox/searchplugins/ sudo cp -i --reply=no ~/.mozilla/firefox1.0.x.ubuntu/*.default/search/* /opt/firefox/searchplugins/ }}} *If you want to keep the original Ubuntu icon for firefox, enter this command: {{{ sudo cp /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.xpm /opt/firefox/chrome/icons/default/default.xpm }}} * To ensure that other programs use version 1.5 of firefox and not the old 1.07 version, go to Preferences -> Preferred Applications in the System menu. For the "Web Browser" tab, choose "Custom" and then enter the command: {{{ firefox %s }}} * Firefox 1.5 should now be installed and working properly. If for whatever reason you become unhappy with firefox 1.5 and would like to remove it, see the "Removing" section below for directions. === Restoring Extensions and Themes === In addition to restoring your settings, you can also restore your themes and extensions. As indicated above, this should only be done after running firefox at least once and fully closing it. * Backup the new profile (just in case): {{{ cd ~/.mozilla/firefox mkdir ff1.5 mv profiles.ini *.default ff1.5/ }}} * Restore your previous profile: {{{ # Shutdown firefox cp ~/.mozilla/firefox1.0.x.ubuntu/profiles.ini . cp -r ~/.mozilla/firefox1.0.x.ubuntu/*.default . }}} * Start firefox and try it out. A dialog may appear indicating that one or more extensions and/or themes are not compatible. This is normal and firefox may be able to find updates for you. === Updating === Backup your profile with: {{{ cp -R ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla.backup.1500 }}} Close Firefox, give your user (yourself) file ownership: {{{sudo chown -R ${USER}:${USER} /opt/firefox}}} Start Firefox normally and update (Help -> Check for updates...) Once the update is completed, close Firefox and than '''restore ownership to root''': {{{sudo chown -R root:root /opt/firefox}}} Again, do '''NOT''' browse other sites while firefox has these elevated permissions, that is without changing back the ownership of /opt/firefox over to root. Such a practice is ''not safe''. === Removing === If for some reason you want to undo the installation and revert back to the standard Firefox 1.0.7, here's how. * Restore the symbolic link: {{{ sudo rm /usr/bin/firefox sudo dpkg-divert --rename --remove /usr/bin/firefox }}} * Restore your old profile: {{{ cd mv .mozilla .mozilla-1.5 mv .mozilla.ubuntu .mozilla }}} * (optional) Delete the firefox directory {{{ sudo rm -r /opt/firefox }}} == Installing Firefox as a debian package == It is nice to have a package (easier to upgrade, etc). There is an experimental package building tool at [http://kidsquid.com/programs/ubuntu/firefox-1.5.0-0nonfree1_i386.tar.gz]. It can automatically download the i386 version of Firefox 1.5 (or you can copy in your existing Firefox download), then it will create a .deb package for it. Follow the steps in the README to install the new package. Please do not distribute any files created by this tool, as copying may violate the Firefox copyright. == Installing Firefox quick and dirty == Some people are too lazy or too impatient to install Firefox the way it '''should''' be in Ubuntu (see section '''1'''). This section is '''not''' the proper installation method. It is also '''not safe''' compared to "Section 1". This current section is only for those too lazy and / or too impatient and / or need a quick fix to temporarily use a nightly Firefox trunk. Please note that if you follow this installation option instead of the others, you ''may'' have '''problems''' with some plugins. The instructions to install are basically: unzip, move existing profile, change file permissions, run. The instructions to update are basically: change file permissions, launch and update, change file permissions back. The instructions to uninstall are basically: change file permissions, delete its folder. During these instructions, do '''not''' use {{{sudo}}} except when apt-getting the prerequisite (dependency). === Installing Firefox quick and dirty === 1. Install the prerequisite: '''You need package 'libstdc++5' installed'''. {{{ sudo apt-get install libstdc++5 }}} 2. Download the tar.gz archive from firefox's site to /home/username (username is your own username; adjust to your settings). 3. Untar to home: {{{ cd tar -xvzf firefox-1.5.0.1.tar.gz }}} 4. Change permissions so that something does not owerwrite your firefox: {{{ chmod -R uog-w /home/username/firefox }}} 5. Move existing Mozilla Firefox profile: {{{ cd mv .mozilla/firefox ./firefox.oldfx }}} 6. Run Firefox {{{ cd /home/username/firefox/ ./firefox }}} That's all. You can manipulate existing shortcuts to point to the new firefox, or create new shortcuts. I prefered creating a new one in my desktop. === Get bookmarks back (if installed via the quick and dirty section) === Your old bookmarks can be imported back: In your new firefox, go to Bookmarks>Manage Bookmarks>File>Import; navigate to /home/username/firefox.oldfx/somenumbers.default/ and choose bookmarks.html. === Update Firefox (if installed via the quick and dirty section) === 1. Change permissions of firefox so it can write to itself: {{{ chown -R u+w /home/username/firefox }}} 2. Launch firefox {{{ /home/username/firefox/firefox }}} 3. Go to Help>Check for updates. Update as needed. You may want to backup your profile beforehand though. 4. Close firefox 5. Restore permissions {{{ chown -R uog-w /home/username/firefox }}} That's all. === Uninstalling Firefox (if installed via the quick and dirty section) === This is the easiest: 1. Change permissions (as usual): {{{ chown -R u+w /home/username/firefox }}} 2. Use nautilus (or any other file manager) to navigate to /home/username/ and delete the folder "firefox" (just repeating myself: you will be deleting /home/username/firefox -> the folder you untarred firefox into) 3. Move your old profile (from 1.0.x) back to its place {{{ cd mv .mozilla/firefox .mozilla/firefox.150.uninstalled mv firefox.oldfx .mozilla/firefox }}} That's all. ---- Discuss this page at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=79283 ---- CategoryDocumentation CategoryCleanup |
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