Hello,
I have Firefox 3.6.23 installed but want to upgrade to a newer version (FireFTP won’t install on this version). I know suse 11.2 (which is what i’m running) is dead but is it possible to install a newer version of FF? I have the mozilla repo added: Index of /repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.2 (I also added the Evergreen repo) but when I look at available applications or upgrades i’m not seeing a new version of Firefox. Can anyone help?
Thanks
Open Software Management
And look for the version like this
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/Switcher%20Pics/firefox_version_tab.png
This shows version 4, but ignore that. I’m just showing you the principle
Select the radio button for ffox 7
Thank you for this. I’m using Gnome but i’m pretty sure i’m doing the same stuff - I choose the repos view, select the mozilla repo, look down the list of available packages, but I don’t see ‘MozillaFirefox’ I see some of the others (MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream, M…F…-buildsymbols etc) but not just FF. Sorry! Any ideas?
faffer wrote:
>
> caf4926;2393321 Wrote:
>> Open Software Management
>> And look for the version like this
>> http://tinyurl.com/3vpd4ec
>> This shows version 4, but ignore that. I’m just showing you the
>> principle
>> Select the radio button for ffox 7
>
> Thank you for this. I’m using Gnome but i’m pretty sure i’m doing the
> same stuff - I choose the repos view, select the mozilla repo, look down
> the list of available packages, but I don’t see ‘MozillaFirefox’ I see
> some of the others (MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream,
> M…F…-buildsymbols etc) but not just FF. Sorry! Any ideas?
>
Are you sure? When looking into the repo the rpm is there
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.2/i586/MozillaFirefox-7.0.1-2.1.i586.rpm
same of course also for x86_64.
So you should see it.
Can you post the output from
zypper lr -d
between code tags?
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PC: oS 11.4 64 bit | Intel Core i7-2600@3.40GHz | KDE 4.6.0 | GeForce GT 420
| 16GB Ram
Eee PC 1201n: oS 11.4 64 bit | Intel Atom 330@1.60GHz | KDE 4.7.2 | nVidia
ION | 3GB Ram
Thanks, yes sure:
# | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service
---+-------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1 | Local_Desktop_installs | Local Desktop installs | Yes | Yes | 99 | plaindir | dir:///root/Desktop |
2 | UX_Support_Repository_non-OSS | Unix Support Rep non-OSS | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://www-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/linux/opensuse/11.2/repo/non-oss/ |
3 | Unix_Support_Rep_OSS | Unix Support Rep OSS | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://www-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/linux/opensuse/11.2/repo/oss/ |
4 | http-download.opensuse.org-0260db9b | Updates for openSUSE 11.2-0 | No | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.2/ |
5 | mozilla_1 | mozilla | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.2/ |
6 | openSUSE 11.2-0 | openSUSE 11.2-0 | Yes | No | 99 | yast2 | cd:/// |
7 | openSUSE:11.2:Contrib | openSUSE:11.2:Contrib | No | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/11.2:/Contrib/standard/ |
8 | openSUSE_Evergreen_11.2 | Evergreen update repository for openSUSE 11.2 (standard) | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Evergreen:/11.2/standard/ |
9 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.2-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.2/repo/oss/ |
10 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.2-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.2/repo/non-oss/ |
11 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.2-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.2/repo/oss/ |
12 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.2-Source | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.2/repo/oss/ |
13 | updates | updates | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://131.111.8.10/pub/linux/opensuse/update/11.2 |
Switch to QT
GTK Yast sucks
Switch Yast Interface to QT
Now try
Follow of course what caf4926 says, the gtk interface for yast in 11.2 was
not feature complete compared to the qt interface.
If you still have problems you can also do a zypper dup for the mozilla
repository only with
sudo zypper dup -r 5
which should bring you to the newest FF 7 (it will maybe ask you for some
packages if vendor changes are ok for you and you should agree to that).
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PC: oS 11.4 64 bit | Intel Core i7-2600@3.40GHz | KDE 4.6.0 | GeForce GT 420
| 16GB Ram
Eee PC 1201n: oS 11.4 64 bit | Intel Atom 330@1.60GHz | KDE 4.7.2 | nVidia
ION | 3GB Ram
Perfect! Thanks both. Got there in the end.
Excellent news
On 10/13/2011 12:56 PM, faffer wrote:
Refresh | Priority | Type | URI
—±------------------------±------------------------±--------±--------±---------±---------±----------------------
1 | Local_Desktop_installs | Local Desktop installs | Yes | Yes
| 99 | plaindir | dir:///root/Desktop
wait!
how is /root/Desktop being used for “local desktop installs”?
sounds very wrong to me…
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DD
openSUSE®, the “German Automobiles” of operating systems
Ah <embarassed cough> that is left over from when I downloaded an rpm and installed it from the desktop using it as a repo. I can’t remember exactly why I did that… probably because I know little to zero about Linux!
On 10/13/2011 04:46 PM, faffer wrote:
>
> Ah<embarassed cough> that is left over from when I downloaded an rpm
> and installed it from the desktop using it as a repo. I can’t remember
> exactly why I did that… probably because I know little to zero about
> Linux!
don’t be embarrassed about not knowing a lot about Linux…but if you
(for example) refuse to learn more, and run into trouble because of that
just remember where the problem was (improper procedure)…so, the thing
is that logging into the GUI (like KDE or Gnome) as root is not the
thing to do…so, here is a little free ‘lesson’ (quoted and often said):
you should never log into KDE/Gnome/XFCE or any other *nix-like system’s
graphical user interface desktop environment as root…
doing so 1) opens you up to several different security problems if you
(for example) browse the net, 2) too many too easy ways to damage your
system no matter how careful your actions (for example: well documented
cases of unintended change of ownership of ~/.ICEauthority and
~/.Xauthority from user to root sometimes occurs), 3) anyway logging
into KDE/etc as root is never required to do any and all
administrative duties, 4) and, not even logging in as root just to see
if it works as root is useful, because the “yes” or “no” learned is
almost always totally useless in finding the problem giving the
symptoms. however, logging in as root to learn the yes/no could the
cause of the next adverse symptom encountered.
so, always log in as yourself, and “become root” by using a root powered
application (like YaST, File Manager Superuser Mode) or using “su -”,
sudo, kdesu, or gnomesu in a terminal to launch whatever tool is needed
(like Kwrite to edit a config file)…read more on all that here:
http://tinyurl.com/593e4c
http://tinyurl.com/ydbwssh
http://tinyurl.com/6bo2cqg
http://tinyurl.com/4nsaqst
http://tinyurl.com/665h5ek
http://tinyurl.com/6ry6yd
additionally: after logging into KDE/Gnome/etc as root, if you
experience problems (for example, with uncommanded file ownership and
permissions changes) and if you can provide us with details of what you
were doing while you were logged in as root, that would help us identify
if there’s a bug that needs to be fixed…thanks for your help…
lots to learn, and the more you know the more fun you will have!
oh, and any directory on the machine (or internet) can become a place
from which YaST can install rpms…sure don’t need to log into the GUI
to download a file to root’s desktop to install…just, as yourself,
download to a directory in your /home, then open YaST Software
Repositories and select it as a local repo…and, then just install it
with YaST (which IS one of those root powered tools)…fini
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DD
Caveat-Hardware-Software-
openSUSE®, the “German Automobiles” of operating systems
Thanks very much, that’s incredibly helpful! I will be saving this thread. You’ve almost definitely saved me from some horrific root-based accidents!
On 10/13/2011 06:06 PM, faffer wrote:
>
> Thanks very much, that’s incredibly helpful! I will be saving this
> thread. You’ve almost definitely saved me from some horrific root-based
> accidents!
welcome…while you are in the learning mood, i suggest you read (at
least) the paragraph beginning with “IMPORTANT!” in this post:
http://tinyurl.com/33qc9vu
where you will probably instantly recognize some suggested changes to
your current layout of enabled repos…
(note: that post is in a long thread designed for new to Linux and/or
openSUSE folks, in a forum targeted at the same…but, be careful the
forum streaches back for several years…and, things DO change over time…)
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DD
openSUSE®, the “German Automobiles” of operating systems