Firefox2

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

• Open a terminal as root
• Download the plugin file:

wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz

• Unpack the file:

tar xzvf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz

• Run the flashplayer-installer and follow instructions:

./flashplayer-installer

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+=):
  • just type firefox from there

Known Problems

• Performance issues
• It is not "sugarizable"
• Right-clicking in a flash closes the browser window

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