I have the latest Firefox 7.0.1 which comes as a tar file.
Can someone point me in the right direction? How do I install a tar file? it is actually 7.0.1.tar.bz2
Thanks
On 10/18/2011 03:26 PM, georgeinacton wrote:
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> Can someone point me in the right direction? How do I install a tar
> file? it is actually 7.0.1.tar.bz2
what operating system and version are you using? i ask because if you
use openSUSE 11.3 or 11.4 you should be able to install via YaST…
i did.
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On 2011-10-18 15:26, georgeinacton wrote:
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> I have the latest Firefox 7.0.1 which comes as a tar file.
Why install a tar when there are rpms available from openSUSE?
> Can someone point me in the right direction? How do I install a tar
> file? it is actually 7.0.1.tar.bz2
By reading the instructions. There is no other way, each group does it
differently.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
I do recommend just installing from the repo. But FYI a tar file is just a compressed file lik zip. Ark or any other archive program like tar will uncompress it. Generally you will then find a readme file that tells you how to proceed. Also the place you got the file should have some basic instruction.
This may help for Mozilla-origin tars/tarballs - Installing .tar Files.
You probably have received the stock reply of “follow the instructions”. I just Google’d “install tar” and found the above, as well as links for** .tar.bz2** and tar.gz. Ever so often, I find something interesting (for example, a Mozilla package NOT in the Mozilla or openSUSE repositories), and need the above.
On 10/18/2011 05:06 PM, SeanMc98 wrote:
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> You probably have received the stock reply of “follow the
> instructions”.
this is important: follow the instruction INSIDE the tarball…
why, because different folks may put their tarball together differently…
if there are no instructions inside, then resort to a ‘generic’ guide
such as
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-tutorials-howtos-reference-material/64958-how-install-software-linux.html#post344054
note: do not become root until the last step (make install)
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DD
openSUSE®, the “German Automobiles” of operating systems
I did go through it all and I have an extracted copy in a known location. But when I look at the files and directories there is a readme that sends me back to the installation website with no specific help that I can find and it is certainly not obvious to me which one of the files is the trigger, there are no obvious names like “mozilla-installer”. In fact I tried running all the programs (the ones with the gears beside them) and none started the installer. Here are the files/directories in the unpacked Firefox installation folder:
george@linux-11-3:~/temp/firefox> ls
application.ini libfreebl3.chk libxpcom.so
blocklist.xml libfreebl3.so libxul.so
chrome libmozalloc.so mozilla-xremote-client
chrome.manifest libmozsqlite3.so omni.jar
components libnspr4.so platform.ini
crashreporter libnss3.so plugin-container
crashreporter.ini libnssckbi.so precomplete
crashreporter-override.ini libnssdbm3.chk README.txt
defaults libnssdbm3.so removed-files
dependentlibs.list libnssutil3.so run-mozilla.sh
dictionaries libplc4.so searchplugins
extensions libplds4.so Throbber-small.gif
firefox libsmime3.so update.locale
firefox-bin libsoftokn3.chk updater
hyphenation libsoftokn3.so updater.ini
icons libssl3.so
So what do I do now please?
You will find a script run-mozilla.sh, which should complete the install. However, after your OP, I downloaded Firefox 2 (yes, FF2!) from the Mozilla ftp site, moved it to ~/bin, unpacked it to “firefox”, then double-clicked on “firefox” in that directory and, voila!, up came Firefox 2. It allowed me to try and test without contamination of all the main libraries. (Frankly, I was surprised that it worked, and pleasantly so, as I have a fond place in my heart for FF2).
The Mozilla-provided script should do the full installation. Unless you are interested in running Firefox nightlies or other non-released versions, I would suggest that you keep to the repositories. Although Firefox and Thunderbird are distributed in the openSUSE repositories, as a rule I use Index of /repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.4 (or 11.3 or whatever).
On 10/18/2011 06:26 PM, georgeinacton wrote:
> So what do I do now please?
answer the questions you were asked!
what operating system and version are you using? (why? because you
probably only need to use YaST)
please show us the terminal output from
zypper lr -d
cat /etc/SuSE-release
copy/paste the output back to this thread using the instructions here:
http://goo.gl/i3wnr
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DD
openSUSE®, the “German Automobiles” of operating systems
On 2011-10-18 18:26, georgeinacton wrote:
> In fact I tried running all the programs (the ones
> with the gears beside them) and none started the installer. Here are the
> files/directories in the unpacked Firefox installation folder:
Why do you want to install Firefox that way, when you have the newest
version ready to install from openSUSE? With just a few clicks?
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
I am moving to a 11.4 machine so doing it that way is no longer needed. I have the latest version of Firefox running now on the 11.4.
Thread is probably closed now. Good information on installing from tar is offered to the question, unfortunately it did not help in this case and now it is unnecessary for me to install the update in tar form since I am moving to another machine with 11.4.
I always had better luck with RPMs or by using the YaST2 tool and updating from the public SUSE repositories.
Thanks for your help everyone! 