Download the binary from mozilla and extract it to a directory. Launch conkeror with a script like:
exec /path/to/xulrunner/xulrunner-bin /path/to/conkeror/application.ini "$@" On Sun, Sep 02, 2012 at 10:42:09PM -0500, Benjamin Slade wrote: > Then, does anyone know an easy way of installing xulrunner directly on an > Ubuntu-based distro? > > John J. Foerch writes: > > > afaik, it only affects conkeror running on firefox -app. Anybody willing > > to do some deeper research into this problem, feel free to track your > > findings on bugs.conkeror.org. > > > > On Sun, Sep 02, 2012 at 05:33:39PM -0500, Benjamin Slade wrote: > >> I'm wondering about this issue (that I raised earlier) - http:// > >> comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.mozilla.conkeror/3105 - involving conkeror > >> not > >> saving properly (esp. images, though I've had some other weird > >> saving-related > >> behaviour). > >> > >> Everything worked well up to Firefox 13, and it's not worked properly with > >> any > >> version after that. At the moment I'm running Firefox 16, but I've tried > >> with > >> 14 and 17 as well. Is this something peculiar to conkeror when run with > >> "firefox --app", or is it affecting "pure" xulrunner conkeror instances as > >> well? > >> > >> The problem is increasingly frustrating - I end up with a chromium instance > >> open beside conkeror just so that I can download images. Is there any > >> workaround? > >> > >> On 17 August 2012 22:34, Ruben Maher <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > Just checked, and yes I get the same error under 15. Understand that > >> it's > >> > really Firefox rather than XULRunner per se, since I'm running on an > >> > Ubuntu-based distro. I can't recall if the appearance of the error > >> coincided > >> > with a Firefox upgrade or not, unfortunately. > >> > >> Please forgive me if this post doesn't go to the group properly. I've > >> never tried replying to a mailing list from gmail before. > >> > >> I thought you might like to know that I saw this error when I was > >> running a conkeror built to depend on Firefox instead of Xulrunner. > >> See the post by eworm here: > >> > >> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=54870&comments=all > >> > >> You can see also that someone else has been having the same problem. > >> Happily, the comment by rom748 "or you can just modify conkeror.sh > >> like this ..." makes it depend on Xulrunner again and "s i" works as > >> expected. > >> > >> Ruben > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Dr Benjamin Slade [http://ling.uta.edu/~ben/] > >> Dept. of Linguistics & TESOL - University of Texas at Arlington > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Stæfcræft & Vyākaraṇa (lingblog) -http://staefcraeft.blogspot.com > >> The Babbage Files (techblog) - http://babbagefiles.blogspot.com > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Ongietan sceal gleaw hæle hu gæstlic bið, > >> þonne ealre þisse worulde wela weste stondeð. > >> --The Wanderer, ll. 73-4. > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> "While corporations dominate society and write the laws, > >> each advance in technology is an opening for them > >> to further restrict its users." > >> --Stallman's Law > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> {Choose freedom: choose GNU & Linux.} > >> > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dr Benjamin Slade [ http://ling.uta.edu/~ben/ ] > Dept. of Linguistics & TESOL - University of Texas at Arlington > > 132E Hammond Hall | Office Hours: tba > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > {sent by > [[http://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/index.html][mu4e]] on > [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs][Emacs]] running under > [[http://www.gnu.org/][GNU]]/[[http://www.linuxfoundation.org/][Linux]]} _______________________________________________ Conkeror mailing list [email protected] https://www.mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/conkeror
