On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 22:53 +0100, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Sunday 08 January 2006 20:33, Daniel Anderosn wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 20:09 +0100, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > On Sunday 08 January 2006 19:49, Daniel Anderosn wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 13:16 +0100, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > > > On Sunday 08 January 2006 12:16, Bill Crompton wrote: > > > > > > firefox which is bundled with 2006 is 1.0.6.i want latest 1.5 > > > > > > version how do i update it?it does not update when i click 'check > > > > > > for updates' in firefox itself. > > > > > > bill > > > > > > > > > > Actually it's 1.0.7 . Mandrake just backported the various fixes. > > > > > > > > > > If you want 1.5 you can install it alongside 1.0.6. The way I do it > > > > > is : > > > > > > > > > > Download it from http://www.mozilla.com and save it somewhere. > > > > > Untar it : "tar zxvf <downloaded_file.tar.gz> > > > > > This creates I new directory, called firefox. > > > > > Become root adn cp that directory into /usr/local > > > > > cd /usr/local/firefox > > > > > ./firefox > > > > > When firefox runs, shut it down and leave the root account. > > > > > > > > > > As a normal user, create a symbolic link, on your desktop to > > > > > /usr/local/firefox/firefox > > > > > > > > > > Taht's all. > > > > > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > > > > > Kaj Haulrich. > > > > > > > > Will this work with a x86_64 system? > > > > > > I can't see why not. Please try it, can't do any harm... > > > > > > Kaj Haulrich. > > > > Just did. It works great. Can't get the java plugin to work with either > > version. It looks in the right place, says no such file or director, but > > it is there. Any ideas on that? > > Sure. In the /usr/local/firefox/plugins become root and : > > ln -s /usr/lib/jdk-1.4.2_09/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so > > (all on one line). If your java runtime environment location is elsewhere, > edit accordingly. Exit the root shell and restart firefox. If you have > other browsers, like opera, proceed likewise. In any case, you should have > this symbolic link in the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory as well in order > to enable java in konqueror, Epiphany, OpenOffice, etc.... > > HTH > > Kaj Haulrich. Ok, did that. Now it's looking for this file: /usr/lib/i386/libjavaplugin_nscp.so which doesn't exist. Sites which need the java plugin work with konqueror.
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