Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
On Sun, 2011-10-16 at 14:36 -0700, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: On 10/16/2011 02:21 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: On 10/16/2011 08:16 AM, Jorge Fábregas wrote: On 10/16/2011 11:10 AM, Colin Paul Adams wrote: Is it possible to have Firefox continually updated by rpm on a Fedora 14 system, or do I have to choose between staying on Fedora 3 or using tarball installs? You can use the REMI repo for the latest Firefox : rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-14.rpm After that you can run: yum update firefox I'm on Fedora 14 and that's what I've been using so far. HTH, Jorge Ugh. I installed this for F13, and apparently, I needed adobe support - the problem is, that adobe believes that firefox is a ubuntu installation. What can I do at this point? What I was trying to view is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK0O30aFT7gfeature=email ... and FF says it needs a plugin which it cannot find. I can load that web site in Fedora 7 in F15. -- === It looks like it's up to me to save our skins. Get into that garbage chute, flyboy! -- Princess Leia Organa === Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akons...@sbcglobal.net -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
On Mon, 2011-10-17 at 07:13 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: On 10/17/2011 01:52 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: It is already available on F14. I am running it. That happened when I opened Firefox and I was asked if I wanted to update to Firefox 7. Then, you aren't running the Fedora packaged version. Rahul That is true. But I run what I can get. Does Fedora have a packaged version for Firefox 7. The latest version in F14 repos is: firefox-3.6.23-1.fc14.i686 -- === Is a computer language with goto's totally Wirth-less? === Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akons...@sbcglobal.net -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
On 17/10/11 02:43, Rahul Sundaram wrote: On 10/17/2011 01:52 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: It is already available on F14. I am running it. That happened when I opened Firefox and I was asked if I wanted to update to Firefox 7. Then, you aren't running the Fedora packaged version. Rahul That happens even with the Fedora packaged version. iirc You are now running version x.xx, we reccomend you upgrade to Firefox 7, the latest version. I get that on my F14 vms' -- Regards, Frank Murphy UTF_8 Encoded Friend of fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
On 10/17/2011 07:37 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: On Mon, 2011-10-17 at 07:13 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: On 10/17/2011 01:52 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: It is already available on F14. I am running it. That happened when I opened Firefox and I was asked if I wanted to update to Firefox 7. Then, you aren't running the Fedora packaged version. Rahul That is true. But I run what I can get. Does Fedora have a packaged version for Firefox 7. The latest version in F14 repos is: firefox-3.6.23-1.fc14.i686 I did post the answer in a link Rahul -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
On 10/17/2011 07:52 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: That happens even with the Fedora packaged version. iirc You are now running version x.xx, we reccomend you upgrade to Firefox 7, the latest version. I get that on my F14 vms' You aren't auto updated however Rahul -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
On Monday 17 October 2011 16:13:36 Rahul Sundaram wrote: On 10/17/2011 07:37 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: On Mon, 2011-10-17 at 07:13 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: On 10/17/2011 01:52 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: It is already available on F14. I am running it. That happened when I opened Firefox and I was asked if I wanted to update to Firefox 7. Then, you aren't running the Fedora packaged version. That is true. But I run what I can get. Does Fedora have a packaged version for Firefox 7. The latest version in F14 repos is: firefox-3.6.23-1.fc14.i686 I did post the answer in a link And the answer from the link is no, Fedora 14 doesn't have a packaged version of Firefox 7. You have to use the remi repo for that, which is a 3rd party repo. So if you have F14, there is no such thing as Fedora packaged Firefox 7. But what I would like to know (and Rahul's link doesn't explain) is *why* F14 doesn't have FF7? At this point F14 will be EOL'd soon, so it doesn't make sense to update FF now, but it did make sense several months ago. Why wasn't it done? Best, :-) Marko -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
On 10/17/2011 09:11 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: But what I would like to know (and Rahul's link doesn't explain) is *why* F14 doesn't have FF7? At this point F14 will be EOL'd soon, so it doesn't make sense to update FF now, but it did make sense several months ago. Why wasn't it done? It is the version that gets extended security fixes https://wiki.mozilla.org/Enterprise/Firefox/ExtendedSupport:Proposal Rahul -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
On Mon, 2011-10-17 at 20:44 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: On 10/17/2011 07:52 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: That happens even with the Fedora packaged version. iirc You are now running version x.xx, we reccomend you upgrade to Firefox 7, the latest version. I get that on my F14 vms' You aren't auto updated however Rahul Updating F14 will soon stop. And no attempt has occurred yet to update Firefox passed firefox-3.6.23-1.fc14.i686. While Firefox has gone to version 4, 5, 6 and 7. When do you predict firefox will be updated in F14 repos. -- === Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, If I should die before I wake, I'll cry in anguish, Mistake!! Mistake!! === Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akons...@sbcglobal.net -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
On 10/17/2011 09:20 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: Updating F14 will soon stop. And no attempt has occurred yet to update Firefox passed firefox-3.6.23-1.fc14.i686. While Firefox has gone to version 4, 5, 6 and 7. When do you predict firefox will be updated in F14 repos. I already answered this. Firefox likely won't be updated to the newer version. Rahul -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
Am 16.10.2011 23:36, schrieb Daniel B. Thurman: On 10/16/2011 02:21 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: On 10/16/2011 08:16 AM, Jorge Fábregas wrote: On 10/16/2011 11:10 AM, Colin Paul Adams wrote: Is it possible to have Firefox continually updated by rpm on a Fedora 14 system, or do I have to choose between staying on Fedora 3 or using tarball installs? You can use the REMI repo for the latest Firefox : rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-14.rpm After that you can run: yum update firefox I'm on Fedora 14 and that's what I've been using so far. HTH, Jorge Ugh. I installed this for F13, and apparently, I needed adobe support - the problem is, that adobe believes that firefox is a ubuntu installation. What can I do at this point? What I was trying to view is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK0O30aFT7gfeature=email ... and FF says it needs a plugin which it cannot find so why do you not install the adobe-repo and after that yum install flash-plugin in the meantime there is even a x86_64 plugin and yes it works on F14 also as on F15 -- Mit besten Grüßen, Reindl Harald the lounge interactive design GmbH A-1060 Vienna, Hofmühlgasse 17 CTO / software-development / cms-solutions p: +43 (1) 595 3999 33, m: +43 (676) 40 221 40 icq: 154546673, http://www.thelounge.net/ http://www.thelounge.net/signature.asc.what.htm signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
Is it possible to have Firefox continually updated by rpm on a Fedora 14 system, or do I have to choose between staying on Fedora 3 or using tarball installs? -- Colin Adams Preston Lancashire () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
On 10/16/2011 11:10 AM, Colin Paul Adams wrote: Is it possible to have Firefox continually updated by rpm on a Fedora 14 system, or do I have to choose between staying on Fedora 3 or using tarball installs? You can use the REMI repo for the latest Firefox : rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-14.rpm After that you can run: yum update firefox I'm on Fedora 14 and that's what I've been using so far. HTH, Jorge -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
On 10/16/2011 08:40 PM, Colin Paul Adams wrote: Is it possible to have Firefox continually updated by rpm on a Fedora 14 system, or do I have to choose between staying on Fedora 3 or using tarball installs? Refer to http://ask.fedoraproject.org/question/11/when-will-firefox-7-be-available-for-fedora?answer=59#59 Rahul -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
On Sun, 2011-10-16 at 21:15 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: On 10/16/2011 08:40 PM, Colin Paul Adams wrote: Is it possible to have Firefox continually updated by rpm on a Fedora 14 system, or do I have to choose between staying on Fedora 3 or using tarball installs? Refer to http://ask.fedoraproject.org/question/11/when-will-firefox-7-be-available-for-fedora?answer=59#59 Rahul It is already available on F14. I am running it. That happened when I opened Firefox and I was asked if I wanted to update to Firefox 7. -- === Usually, when a lot of men get together, it's called a war. -- Mel Brooks, The Listener === Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akons...@sbcglobal.net -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
On 10/16/2011 08:16 AM, Jorge Fábregas wrote: On 10/16/2011 11:10 AM, Colin Paul Adams wrote: Is it possible to have Firefox continually updated by rpm on a Fedora 14 system, or do I have to choose between staying on Fedora 3 or using tarball installs? You can use the REMI repo for the latest Firefox : rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-14.rpm After that you can run: yum update firefox I'm on Fedora 14 and that's what I've been using so far. HTH, Jorge Ugh. I installed this for F13, and apparently, I needed adobe support - the problem is, that adobe believes that firefox is a ubuntu installation. What can I do at this point? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
On 10/16/2011 02:21 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: On 10/16/2011 08:16 AM, Jorge Fábregas wrote: On 10/16/2011 11:10 AM, Colin Paul Adams wrote: Is it possible to have Firefox continually updated by rpm on a Fedora 14 system, or do I have to choose between staying on Fedora 3 or using tarball installs? You can use the REMI repo for the latest Firefox : rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-14.rpm After that you can run: yum update firefox I'm on Fedora 14 and that's what I've been using so far. HTH, Jorge Ugh. I installed this for F13, and apparently, I needed adobe support - the problem is, that adobe believes that firefox is a ubuntu installation. What can I do at this point? What I was trying to view is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK0O30aFT7gfeature=email ... and FF says it needs a plugin which it cannot find. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Daniel B. Thurman d...@cdkkt.com wrote: On 10/16/2011 08:16 AM, Jorge Fábregas wrote: On 10/16/2011 11:10 AM, Colin Paul Adams wrote: Ugh. I installed this for F13, and apparently, I needed adobe support - the problem is, that adobe believes that firefox is a ubuntu installation. What can I do at this point? the Free alternatives do not give you sufficient support? charles zeitler -- Love is the law, love under will. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
On 10/16/2011 05:21 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: Ugh. I installed this for F13, and apparently, I needed adobe support - the problem is, that adobe believes that firefox is a ubuntu installation. Hmmm try to remove that one as it was for Fedora 14: rpm -e firefox rpm -e remi-release-14 Try this one instead for F13: rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-13.rpm I also have the Adobe repo so I have the latest flash (version 11) which is so far the best release from them in my opinion. HTH, Jorge -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
On 10/16/2011 06:04 PM, Jorge Fábregas wrote: I also have the Adobe repo so I have the latest flash (version 11) which is so far the best release from them in my opinion. Go here: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ ...and select Linux 32-bit or 64-bit and then choose the YUM option so you can download the rpm that will create their YUM repo on your system. Then you should get their updates as soon as they come. Cheers, Jorge -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
On 10/16/2011 03:08 PM, Jorge Fábregas wrote: On 10/16/2011 06:04 PM, Jorge Fábregas wrote: I also have the Adobe repo so I have the latest flash (version 11) which is so far the best release from them in my opinion. Go here: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ ...and select Linux 32-bit or 64-bit and then choose the YUM option so you can download the rpm that will create their YUM repo on your system. Then you should get their updates as soon as they come. Cheers, Jorge I gave it a retry, and remi's FF7/xulrunner7 definitely does not work for certain youtube/flash files, or so it seems. This one does not work, for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK0O30aFT7gfeature=email So, I am going to revert back to the old FF 3.7. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 12:29 AM, Daniel B. Thurman d...@cdkkt.com wrote: I gave it a retry, and remi's FF7/xulrunner7 definitely does not work for certain youtube/flash files, or so it seems. This one does not work, for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK0O30aFT7gfeature=email So, I am going to revert back to the old FF 3.7. Works for me here. # rpm -qa | grep -E 'firefox|flash|adobe|remi' firefox-7.0.1-1.fc14.remi.x86_64 adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch remi-release-14-6.fc14.remi.noarch xulrunner7-7.0.1-1.fc14.remi.x86_64 flash-plugin-11.0.1.152-release.x86_64 How did you install your flash? Did you use yum? These days adobe provides yum repos for both 32 bit and 64 bit flash (as you can see above). -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Re: Firefox 7 on Fedora 14
On 10/17/2011 01:52 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: It is already available on F14. I am running it. That happened when I opened Firefox and I was asked if I wanted to update to Firefox 7. Then, you aren't running the Fedora packaged version. Rahul -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
