Firefox2: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 12:53, 17 January 2007

Download the file freshrpms-release-1.1-1.fc.noarch.rpm, that updates the yum repositories to use freshrpms packages:

wget http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/fedora/linux/6/freshrpms-release/freshrpms-release-1.1-1.fc.noarch.rpm

rpm -vi freshrpms-release-1.1-1.fc.noarch.rpm

yum install firefox

yum --enableropo=development update firefox

In a shell outside X (ctrl+alt+F1, ctrl+alt+F2, ...):
- As root, set an environment variable:
  - export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
- Execute the firefox with the user olpc:
  - su olpc -c "firefox &"
Throught a shell in X (alt+shift+F11):
- just type firefox from there

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+== Requirements ==
+* Development version (devel) of OLPC system
 == Installing Firefox 2.0 ==
+* Download the file ''freshrpms-release-1.1-1.fc.noarch.rpm'', that updates the yum repositories to use freshrpms packages:
+ ''wget http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/fedora/linux/6/freshrpms-release/freshrpms-release-1.1-1.fc.noarch.rpm''
+* Open a shell as root user
+* Install the downloaded file:
+ ''rpm -vi freshrpms-release-1.1-1.fc.noarch.rpm''
+* Install firefox 1.5:
+ ''yum install firefox''
+* Update to firefox 2.0:
+ ''yum --enableropo=development update firefox''
+== Installing Flash 9 plugin ==
+== Running the browser ==
+* In a shell outside X (ctrl+alt+F1, ctrl+alt+F2, ...):
+**As root, set an environment variable:
+*** ''export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0''
+** Execute the firefox with the user olpc:
+*** ''su olpc -c "firefox &"''
+* Throught a shell in X (alt+shift+F11):
+** just type firefox from there
 == Known Problems ==