Firefox2

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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 --enablerepo=development update firefox
      • you mean --enablerepo | TYPO ***

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