Re: Unofficial Firefox packages?
On 27 Oct 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Has anyone set up a repository with unofficial Firefox packages, for > until whatever is going on is done? If you mean FF 2.0, it is in experimental. -- Alok You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. -- Jeannette Rankin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unofficial Firefox packages?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alok G. Singh): > On 27 Oct 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Has anyone set up a repository with unofficial Firefox packages, for >> until whatever is going on is done? > > If you mean FF 2.0, it is in experimental. That's 2.0-beta2, which the add-on I'm trying refuses to install on. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > If you mean FF 2.0, it is in experimental. > That's 2.0-beta2, which the add-on I'm trying refuses to install on. I'm also intrested in FF2 since it is officially released now. Is there an ETA into Debian? It would be too bad if political/license stuff prevents "normal/unstable users" to move to FF2.0. regards David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unofficial Firefox packages?
> > > If you mean FF 2.0, it is in experimental. > > That's 2.0-beta2, which the add-on I'm trying refuses to install on. > I'm also intrested in FF2 since it is officially released now. > Is there an ETA into Debian? > It would be too bad if political/license stuff prevents > "normal/unstable users" to move to FF2.0. > regards David. Why do you need debpackaged FF2.0 ? Tar available on mozilla.org includes binaries that "just works" on my old sarge. You have only to unpack whole /firefox directory to your disc. Is it copyright violation ? regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unofficial Firefox packages?
Zbigniew Wiech wrote: > > > If you mean FF 2.0, it is in experimental. > > That's 2.0-beta2, which the add-on I'm trying refuses to install on. > I'm also intrested in FF2 since it is officially released now. > Is there an ETA into Debian? > It would be too bad if political/license stuff prevents > "normal/unstable users" to move to FF2.0. > regards David. Why do you need debpackaged FF2.0 ? Tar available on mozilla.org includes binaries that "just works" on my old sarge. You have only to unpack whole /firefox directory to your disc. Does this interfere with the debian package of Firefox in Sarge, or can they both be run simultaneously? -- Marc Shapiro No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow. What?! Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here. Boom. Sooner or later ... boom! - Susan Ivanova: B5 - Grail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unofficial Firefox packages?
On 2006-11-01, Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Zbigniew Wiech wrote: > >> >> > > > If you mean FF 2.0, it is in experimental. >> > > That's 2.0-beta2, which the add-on I'm trying refuses to install on. >> >> > I'm also intrested in FF2 since it is officially released now. >> > Is there an ETA into Debian? >> > It would be too bad if political/license stuff prevents >> > "normal/unstable users" to move to FF2.0. >> >> > regards David. >> >> Why do you need debpackaged FF2.0 ? >> >> Tar available on mozilla.org includes binaries that "just works" on my >> old sarge. You have only to unpack whole /firefox directory to your disc. > > Does this interfere with the debian package of Firefox in Sarge, or can > they both be run simultaneously? > > -- > Marc Shapiro > > No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow. > What?! Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here. > Boom. Sooner or later ... boom! > > - Susan Ivanova: B5 - Grail > > How do you move the settings and bookmarks from the old debian package install of Firefox to the new FF2 installed from the firefox-2.0.tar.gz? The debian installed version puts files all over the place, so I'm not sure what to move(or copy) and where to put it. -- "I am only an egg." - Valentine Michael Smith -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unofficial Firefox packages?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2006-11-01, Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Zbigniew Wiech wrote: If you mean FF 2.0, it is in experimental. That's 2.0-beta2, which the add-on I'm trying refuses to install on. I'm also intrested in FF2 since it is officially released now. Is there an ETA into Debian? It would be too bad if political/license stuff prevents "normal/unstable users" to move to FF2.0. regards David. Why do you need debpackaged FF2.0 ? Tar available on mozilla.org includes binaries that "just works" on my old sarge. You have only to unpack whole /firefox directory to your disc. Does this interfere with the debian package of Firefox in Sarge, or can they both be run simultaneously? How do you move the settings and bookmarks from the old debian package install of Firefox to the new FF2 installed from the firefox-2.0.tar.gz? The debian installed version puts files all over the place, so I'm not sure what to move(or copy) and where to put it. I DL'd the tarball to my home directory and then untarred it. It creates a 'firefox' directory. I ran firefox from my home directory with 'firefox/firefox' and it picked up all of my bookmarks, history, etc. with no problems. After a few tests, and my wife saying she tried it at work and really liked it, I moved the firefox directory to /usr/lib/ and changed usr/bin/firefox to point to /usr/lib/firefox/firefox. Now it 'just works.' I can run the debian version of firefox by invoking 'mozilla-firefox' and the new version with 'firefox.' But you can't run both at the same time. -- Marc Shapiro No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow. What?! Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here. Boom. Sooner or later ... boom! - Susan Ivanova: B5 - Grail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unofficial Firefox packages?
Hello Marc. > I can run the debian > version of firefox by invoking 'mozilla-firefox' and the new version > with 'firefox.' But you can't run both at the same time. You can. Create a profile for each of them and run them with their profile. Regards, Mathias -- debian/rules signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Unofficial Firefox packages?
Björn Lindström wrote: Has anyone set up a repository with unofficial Firefox packages, for until whatever is going on is done? (I want to try out an add-on that requires it.) Maybe this can help you: http://www.getswiftfox.com/debian.htm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unofficial Firefox packages?
Marc Shapiro wrote: > it at work and really liked it, I moved the firefox directory to > /usr/lib/ and changed usr/bin/firefox to point to > /usr/lib/firefox/firefox. Now it 'just works.' I can run the debian > version of firefox by invoking 'mozilla-firefox' and the new version > with 'firefox.' But you can't run both at the same time. > When I want to try a nightly build of Firefox from mozilla.org, I just untar it in the /usr/local directory. And as /usr/local/bin is in my path adding a symbolic link in /usr/local/bin for /usr/local/firefox/firefox is all that is needed to have it working (for future versions the symlink is already there). That way I don't mess up other parts of the system that are being managed by dpkg. You can run two "instances"(different versions of firefox) at the same time but only if you have two different profiles. If there is only one profile, the firefox script checks if an instance is already using the profile and if it is, it gives you the window running to use. HTH, /KS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unofficial Firefox packages?
Is there a script, something like make-jpkg for Java, that can be used to create a .deb from a FireFox binary tarball? thanks, Rage -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Rage Callao wrote (in an off-list message): > Is there a script, something like make-jpkg for Java, that can be used > to create a .deb from a FireFox binary tarball? > > thanks, > Rage I think the best that you can do at this point is use one of the redhat rpm for Firefox 2.0 (is it available yet?) and try using alien to creat a .deb from it. /KS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unofficial Firefox packages?
KS wrote: Marc Shapiro wrote: it at work and really liked it, I moved the firefox directory to /usr/lib/ and changed usr/bin/firefox to point to /usr/lib/firefox/firefox. Now it 'just works.' I can run the debian version of firefox by invoking 'mozilla-firefox' and the new version with 'firefox.' But you can't run both at the same time. When I want to try a nightly build of Firefox from mozilla.org, I just untar it in the /usr/local directory. And as /usr/local/bin is in my path adding a symbolic link in /usr/local/bin for /usr/local/firefox/firefox is all that is needed to have it working (for future versions the symlink is already there). That way I don't mess up other parts of the system that are being managed by dpkg. You can run two "instances"(different versions of firefox) at the same time but only if you have two different profiles. If there is only one profile, the firefox script checks if an instance is already using the profile and if it is, it gives you the window running to use. Thanks, putting the directory in /usr/local/ is probably a better idea, no chance of it overwriting a managed package, or vice-versa. I don't jave any need to run both versions at the same time, I was just commenting for the OP (or, at least, the earlier poster). -- Marc Shapiro No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow. What?! Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here. Boom. Sooner or later ... boom! - Susan Ivanova: B5 - Grail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unofficial Firefox packages?
On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 14:24:42 +0800 "Rage Callao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a script, something like make-jpkg for Java, that can be used > to create a .deb from a FireFox binary tarball? Look at checkinstall. Later, Seeker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unofficial Firefox packages?
On 2006-11-08, Seeker5528 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 14:24:42 +0800 > "Rage Callao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Is there a script, something like make-jpkg for Java, that can be used >> to create a .deb from a FireFox binary tarball? > > Look at checkinstall. > > Later, Seeker > > Have you tried Swiftfox? http://getswiftfox.com/ They have debs for it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
