Re: [osol-discuss] firefox 3.5 for OpenSolaris, where can i get them?
Downloaded a copy of 3.5.1 from http://opensolaris.org/os/community/desktop/communities/mozilla/development/. it was a bz2 format, ran the bunzip2 and it came back with a tar file. try to run pkgadd -d firefox-3.5.1.en-US.opensolaris-i386.tar pkgadd: ERROR: attempt to process datastream failed - bad format in datastream table-of-contents or when i ran can't seem to add pkgadd firefox-3.5.1.en-US.opensolaris-i386.tar pkgadd: ERROR: no packages were found in /var/spool/pkg what am i doing wrong? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] firefox 3.5 for OpenSolaris, where can i get them?
You need to tar -xvf firefox-3.5.1.en-US.opensolaris-i386.tar before you run pkgadd -d on it. On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Louis de Silvalouis.desi...@team.telstra.com wrote: Downloaded a copy of 3.5.1 from http://opensolaris.org/os/community/desktop/communities/mozilla/development/. it was a bz2 format, ran the bunzip2 and it came back with a tar file. try to run pkgadd -d firefox-3.5.1.en-US.opensolaris-i386.tar pkgadd: ERROR: attempt to process datastream failed - bad format in datastream table-of-contents or when i ran can't seem to add pkgadd firefox-3.5.1.en-US.opensolaris-i386.tar pkgadd: ERROR: no packages were found in /var/spool/pkg what am i doing wrong? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org -- ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on we’re all damaged. - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG episode The Drumhead - Alex Smith (K4RNT) - Murfreesboro/Nashville, Tennessee USA ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] firefox 3.5 for OpenSolaris, where can i get them?
Louis de Silva wrote: Downloaded a copy of 3.5.1 from http://opensolaris.org/os/community/desktop/communities/mozilla/development/. it was a bz2 format, ran the bunzip2 and it came back with a tar file. try to run pkgadd -d firefox-3.5.1.en-US.opensolaris-i386.tar pkgadd: ERROR: attempt to process datastream failed - bad format in datastream table-of-contents pkgadd can't operate on *.tar files - if you have a tar'ed up package, you need to use the tar command to unpack it to a directory first, then point at that directory with -d. However, the .tar files on that page aren't packages, just tar files, so all you do is untar them and run from there. -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@sun.com Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] firefox 3.5 for OpenSolaris, where can i get them?
thank you for all your responses. found this via google and it has worked for me :) 1, First uncompress the zip file $ bzip2 -d zip file basename.bz2 2, Install the package as root # pkgadd -d ./zip file basename -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] firefox 3.5 for OpenSolaris, where can i get them?
leon.sha leon@sun.com wrote: Did you LD_LIBRARY_PATH by yourself? Try to unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH and start /usr/bin/firefox again. If I use the firefox from sunfreeware, I do not need to unset the variable and I never needed to do this. If I unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH, /usr/bin/firefox starts, shows a feew non-white information and then segfaults. So it is obviously a bug in the reliminary version of firefox that already has been fixed in 3.5-final. Jörg -- EMail:jo...@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin j...@cs.tu-berlin.de(uni) joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] firefox 3.5 for OpenSolaris, where can i get them?
why are there so many problems with FF 3.5 here? and what is svn117? are we having the same release 2009/06? my installation was all default out of the box. and i didn't uninstall the previous firefox, just changed the symlink. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] firefox 3.5 for OpenSolaris, where can i get them?
hi. just goto http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.5/contrib/solaris_pkgadd/firefox-3.5.en-US.opensolaris-i386-pkg.bz2 then bunzip2 it, pkgadd it, and then, to make it replace the default firefox, do this: pfexec mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox-old pfexec ln -s /opt/sfw/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] firefox 3.5 for OpenSolaris, where can i get them?
Rino Mardo rma...@yahoo.com wrote: hi. just goto http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.5/contrib/solaris_pkgadd/firefox-3.5.en-US.opensolaris-i386-pkg.bz2 then bunzip2 it, pkgadd it, and then, to make it replace the default firefox, do this: There is also a copy at sunfreeware.com Note that you need to use this version if you use SNV 117 as on SNV 117 Forefox is completely unusable - it displays only file:/// URLs but no other URLs. Jörg -- EMail:jo...@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin j...@cs.tu-berlin.de(uni) joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] firefox 3.5 for OpenSolaris, where can i get them?
I've been using the Firefox from mozilla.org on snv_117 and it runs fine for me. On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Joerg Schillingjoerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de wrote: Rino Mardo rma...@yahoo.com wrote: hi. just goto http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.5/contrib/solaris_pkgadd/firefox-3.5.en-US.opensolaris-i386-pkg.bz2 then bunzip2 it, pkgadd it, and then, to make it replace the default firefox, do this: There is also a copy at sunfreeware.com Note that you need to use this version if you use SNV 117 as on SNV 117 Forefox is completely unusable - it displays only file:/// URLs but no other URLs. -- ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on we’re all damaged. - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG episode The Drumhead - Alex Smith (K4RNT) - Murfreesboro/Nashville, Tennessee USA ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] firefox 3.5 for OpenSolaris, where can i get them?
Alex Smith (K4RNT) shadowhun...@gmail.com wrote: I've been using the Firefox from mozilla.org on snv_117 and it runs fine for me. How have you been able to make it work? I tested it on two very different machines and it was completely unusable. Jörg -- EMail:jo...@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin j...@cs.tu-berlin.de(uni) joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] firefox 3.5 for OpenSolaris, where can i get them?
Just did a pkgadd -d on the package, and ran /opt/sfw/bin/firefox directly. I changed my launchers in GNOME to launch the new Firefox. The old Firefox still exists on my machine. I didn't do anything special. On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Joerg Schillingjoerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de wrote: Alex Smith (K4RNT) shadowhun...@gmail.com wrote: I've been using the Firefox from mozilla.org on snv_117 and it runs fine for me. How have you been able to make it work? I tested it on two very different machines and it was completely unusable. -- ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on we’re all damaged. - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG episode The Drumhead - Alex Smith (K4RNT) - Murfreesboro/Nashville, Tennessee USA ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] firefox 3.5 for OpenSolaris, where can i get them?
joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de (Joerg Schilling) wrote: Alex Smith (K4RNT) shadowhun...@gmail.com wrote: I've been using the Firefox from mozilla.org on snv_117 and it runs fine for me. How have you been able to make it work? I tested it on two very different machines and it was completely unusable. Just to make surethat we are not missunderstanding each other: I tested the Mozilla Firefox that comes with SXCE NV 117 Jörg -- EMail:jo...@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin j...@cs.tu-berlin.de(uni) joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] firefox 3.5 for OpenSolaris, where can i get them?
Alex Smith (K4RNT) shadowhun...@gmail.com wrote: Just did a pkgadd -d on the package, and ran /opt/sfw/bin/firefox directly. I changed my launchers in GNOME to launch the new Firefox. The old Firefox still exists on my machine. This is what I did too and this was needed because the firefox that comes with SXCE in /usr/bin does not work at all. Jörg -- EMail:jo...@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin j...@cs.tu-berlin.de(uni) joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] firefox 3.5 for OpenSolaris, where can i get them?
Joerg Schilling wrote: Alex Smith (K4RNT) shadowhun...@gmail.com wrote: Just did a pkgadd -d on the package, and ran /opt/sfw/bin/firefox directly. I changed my launchers in GNOME to launch the new Firefox. The old Firefox still exists on my machine. This is what I did too and this was needed because the firefox that comes with SXCE in /usr/bin does not work at all. Jörg I just downloaded the 3.5.1 release from this link: http://opensolaris.org/os/community/desktop/communities/mozilla/development/ It's the tarball version, but it appears to be working properly for me on SXCE 117. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] firefox 3.5 for OpenSolaris, where can i get them?
Did you LD_LIBRARY_PATH by yourself? Try to unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH and start /usr/bin/firefox again. Joerg Schilling wrote: Alex Smith (K4RNT) shadowhun...@gmail.com wrote: Just did a pkgadd -d on the package, and ran /opt/sfw/bin/firefox directly. I changed my launchers in GNOME to launch the new Firefox. The old Firefox still exists on my machine. This is what I did too and this was needed because the firefox that comes with SXCE in /usr/bin does not work at all. Jörg ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] firefox 3.5 for OpenSolaris, where can i get them?
hi all, i'm looking for FireFox 3.5 for OpenSolaris. Could not find them on the repository. Where can I find it and replace the one that comes with OSOL? Currently on OSOL, it is 3.1 Beta 3. Thanks. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] firefox 3.5 for OpenSolaris, where can i get them?
the dev branch of opensolaris has 3.5 i think On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Louis de Silvalouis.desi...@team.telstra.com wrote: hi all, i'm looking for FireFox 3.5 for OpenSolaris. Could not find them on the repository. Where can I find it and replace the one that comes with OSOL? Currently on OSOL, it is 3.1 Beta 3. Thanks. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
