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dru5k1 · Joined: 11 Apr 2010 Posts: 72

Hi, I've got a frugal install with firefox installed and I'd like to copy that firefox install to another frugal installation (I have no internet atm)

what files would I have to copy over? do those include some libraries/.other small programs? what are those?

Béèm · Posted: Mon 15 Aug 2011, 07:28 Post subject:

I would install FireFox on the other frugal.
Then rename the created /root/.mozilla to f.e. /root/.mozilla-org
Then copy the /root/.mozilla from the first install to the new one.
You should be able to run Firefox in the new Frugal with the profile of the first one.

dru5k1 · Joined: 11 Apr 2010 Posts: 72

I should really be saving .pets for times like this when my internets down

puppyluvr · Posted: Mon 15 Aug 2011, 09:39 Post subject:

Hello,
If you move /root/.mozilla to /mnt/home and link it into /root in your frugal installs, all your frugal Puppies can share one Firefox profile, bookmarks, etc, while not filling up your save file with the cache..

dru5k1 · Joined: 11 Apr 2010 Posts: 72

oh ok, good to hear that it doesn't need a bunch of libraries

(I actually didn't do this as the computer I was installing to's hdd fails really bad, someone's been shutting down windows with the power button all the time and never scanning/checking the disk, so windows has screwed it from the start to.. who-knows-how-far-through the disk)

don922 · Posted: Mon 09 Jul 2012, 23:15 Post subject:

Makoto · Posted: Mon 09 Jul 2012, 23:55 Post subject:

You'd update it as you normally would (the Check for Updates button in the About dialog, downloading the new version and expanding it to a directory on your system, etc.).
/.mozilla/ is your profile directory (root folder, normally for both Firefox and Seamonkey (probably Thunderbird as well)), and is separate from the Firefox binary/program directory.

don922 · Posted: Tue 10 Jul 2012, 01:30 Post subject:

Makoto · Posted: Tue 10 Jul 2012, 01:37 Post subject:

No, I meant that /.mozilla/ is the root (base) folder where Mozilla programs store their profiles (in subdirectories), not that it's necessarily in root. Sorry for the confusion. Embarassed

Once you have Firefox installed, it's easy to update it via the Check for Updates button in the About box. In fact, I believe Firefox is normally set to automatically update itself, out-of-the-box.

puppyluvr · Posted: Tue 10 Jul 2012, 22:40 Post subject:

Hello,
Essentially, the symlink /root/.mozilla "IS" the target /mnt/home/.mozilla.
Updates, cache, history, etc all function the same....
Also, create a .mozilla.bak copy for backup... Cool