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Can someone provide a PET for Firefox 3 (not just an SFS) that fixes the dependency error issues? I am not technical and can not do this.

A PET installation for Firefox 3 seems easier for beginners like me and others and I believe would be greatly appreciated by many.

Thanks for any update information you can provide.

Here are the missing gnome dependencies, I've also included all the symlinks that puppy didn't know where to look.

2.73 Mb.

Below are the included files in this fix.

I'm having a small issue installing this. I downloaded the Firefox-30.pet file and opened it. It said it installed, but I can't tell that anything's been changed, even after restarting the computer (Can't you tell I'm a total Puppy noob?? )

Um... so what should I do?

Noob,

Does clicking on browser load Firefox (does on my Puppy 4)?
Or look under menu and internet is firefox there?

If you can find pfind in the menu and use pfind to find where 'Firefox' is in the directory structure. Go there with Rox or the command line and start Firefox . . .

Here is the manual to remove those Noob oobs . . .
http://puppylinux.org/manual

firefox re-uploaded to fix the font problem.

With all the firefox 3 pets, including this one and firefox 2 pets, they crash as soon as they start, without any indication of the error. However, downloading and running firefox straight from the mozilla site works perfectly, except for dodgy fonts and failure to find my existing bookmarks and cookies. Running Puppy 3.01.

tombh wrote:With all the firefox 3 pets, including this one and firefox 2 pets, they crash as soon as they start, without any indication of the error. However, downloading and running firefox straight from the mozilla site works perfectly, except for dodgy fonts and failure to find my existing bookmarks and cookies. Running Puppy 3.01.

With the lib/font fix included it runs great on puppy 4.0, no crashes, but I haven't tried flash yet. Since the missing libs were added, Really messed the pc up last time.
ttuuxxx

I guess those missing libs are compiled for Puppy 4?

stevenbinion wrote:

shankargopal wrote:Hi

Any chance of an SFS like the one that stevebinion made earlier with FF3 beta 5 (has Java and Flash as part of it)? I use that SFS right now and it's great. Would love it if someone could make the same for FF3 Final. I would do it myself but time very very short right now...

Actually, I can release an sfs for firefox3. I'll get that posted here later today.

Steve, did you get round to making a SFS? I scanned the thread here but couldn't find it.

Thanks

Hilary

Firefox updated to 3.0.1

@Wolf Pup:

I downloaded the latest version and tried it on Dingo. Normal browsing was okay.

But when I tried fullscreen on Youtube, it did show fullscreen and then when I tried closing the window, firefox crashed. Is there a fix for this?

BTW, Thanks for the updated packages.

That is my experience too.

Firefox has been updated from 2.0.0.14 - 2.0.0.15 - 2.0.0.16
maybe should test the latest?
Also I starting to like IceCat its basically firefox but a bit smaller and totally open-source no propriety software.
ttuuxxx

Icecat just released Icecat 3.0
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/

Thanks which make me wonder. Does the IceCat have flash built in or does that one have to be added which is a to newbies difficult thing?

That they froze and only way to get it out of that state
was to do ctrl+alt+ <- backspace?

Maybe I should wait until we have stable versions for linux?

I mean my brain go haywaire when I look at adobes text

I can chose among these three ways.

[quote]
Installation instructions for tar.gz

1. Click the "Download .tar.gz" link. A dialog box will appear asking you where to save the file.
2. Save the .tar.gz file to your desktop and wait for the file to download completely.
3. Unpackage the file. A directory called install_flash_player_9_linux will be created.
4. In terminal, navigate to this directory and type ./flashplayer-installer to run the installer. Click Enter. The installer will instruct you to shut down your browser(s).
5. Once the installation is complete, the plug-in will be installed in your Mozilla browser. To verify, launch Mozilla and choose Help > About Plug-ins from the browser menu.

Installation instructions for .rpm

1. Click the "Download .rpm" link. A dialog box will appear asking you where to save the file.
2. Save the .rpm file to your desktop and wait for the file to download completely.
3. In terminal, navigate to the desktop and type # rpm -Uvh <rpm_package_file>. Click Enter. (Note: This must be done as a root user). The installer will instruct you to shut down your browser(s).
4. Once the installation is complete, the plug-in will be installed in your Mozilla browser. To verify, launch Mozilla and choose Help > About Plug-ins from the browser menu.

Installation instructions for the YUM repository definition

1. Click the “Download .rpm

nooby I'll set ya up, ok
I'll start on it right now.
ttuuxxx

Thanks

I'm back but with seamonkey I sent you a pm. Cause I deleted the ff
so I need to know which ff from this thread to start with.

Could you pm me so we don't cluter the thread with my derail?
It is late at night there in Sydney. but if all works we get it going in no time

Friday, July 18, 2008 at 10:31:24 PM EST

I tried the pet the thread starter linked to and that one play youtube
but fail on playrapport.se which worked some days ago.

the flash plug in crasches on some pages. Simply shut down firefox.

stevenbinion

PostPosted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:49 pm Post subject: Reply with quote
Here are the missing gnome dependencies, I've also included all the symlinks that puppy didn't know where to look.

That was the needed fix. The only install that allowed me to look at
playrapport.se but as others have pointed out. The fix freezes FF
to that page and the only way to get out of it a complete reboot.

So how do we fix this?

when it freeze it doesn't help to try to stop FF in the manager either. Don't take clicks. Nothing happens. Only complete reboot works.

Puppy are in good company, none of the other small distros get
firefox doing flash for me.

Others talk about an alternativ name gnash short from "gnome flash"

Does that one work better for puppy then?

Firefox2 updated to 2.0.0.16

Hi. I've got Firefox 2.0.0.16 in my other distro (Zenwalk); can anyone tell me whether or not it's possible to copy it and its associated files over to Puppy and have it work there, thus upgrading my current, rather outdated version of Firefox (1.5.0.12)? It would save a lot of hassle with upgrading two sets of browsers, one for each distro, were this possible.

Thanks in advance,

Colonel Panic.

So far no one's replied. Fair enough, but does this mean it's not doable? It's not a major problem to download the pets for Firefox 2.0.0.16 or 3.01.