Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Makoto · Posted: Mon 15 Feb 2010, 22:28 Post subject:

Which version of Puppy are you using? I think the FF 3.6 pet listed in the first post will only install on Puppy 4.3 or higher (or any Puppy based on 4.3/.1). I could be wrong, though - that's the way it worked, for me.

The .pets redirect the defaultbrowser link to Firefox, so you should be able to click on the 'browse' icon on the desktop and have Firefox load. If that doesn't work, and you do indeed have the .pet installed, open a terminal window ('console' on the desktop, if you prefer), and try typing

firefox

...and press Enter, and see if any error messages appear.

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9385 Location: SwedenEurope

I have tested the Firefox 3.6.pet on several puppies and worked well on all of them except Boxpup.

Which I installed it on that one it did say that it was missing many many dependencies but it works good enough that I use it just now when writing this.

Does any of you know what will not work due to these missing ones dependencies?

Edit

Yes I should have made a copy of that text but I have no knowledge of how one does such copies.
Maybe Boxpup are made on an older kernel and puppy variation?

If the log files in tmp get saved with each pup then maybe the error message are still there?

Or if it is important then I can start all over and report the error message?

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9385 Location: SwedenEurope

FrPaulB · Joined: 28 Feb 2010 Posts: 13

I am using Puppy 4.3.1. I can successfully install FF 3.6 using the PET. But I'd like the British English version. (Helps with spell-check in Google Docs). I can download a compressed file from the Firefox site, but I don't know how to install it. could I uncompress it over the already installed FF 3.6?

ttuuxxx · Posted: Fri 05 Mar 2010, 03:44 Post subject:

4-stroke · Joined: 07 Aug 2009 Posts: 114 Location: Sweden

FrPaulB · Joined: 28 Feb 2010 Posts: 13

Yes, that worked. Install FF 3.6 using the PET, delete the Firefox directory from /usr/share then expend the UK English version to /usr/share

FrPaulB · Joined: 28 Feb 2010 Posts: 13

It's also true that you can simply install FF 3.6 using the .PET and add a UK English dictionary using the dialogue boxes in FF, probably an easier route!

strategic_thinker · Joined: 15 Oct 2009 Posts: 26

Hi,

I am trying to download the Firefox 3.6 pet from here.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=30434

But, I am being asked for a username and password. What do I enter ?

The post does not seem to indicate it.

Thanks.

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4738 Location: Kentucky

username ......... puppy
password ......... linux

xman · Joined: 24 Sep 2009 Posts: 145

Can't find 3.6.9?

There were problems on newest Firefox updates which patched 11 critical vulnerabilities, and Mozilla stopped providing security updates to Firefox users as it investigates a bug that caused computers to crash last week. “Mozilla began receiving a large number of crash reports after releasing Firefox 3.5.12 and 3.6.9 last week. The reports have come from machines on all three platforms that Firefox supports, with the majority of them occurring during browser startup.”

Mozilla has switched Firefox updates back on.

xman · Joined: 24 Sep 2009 Posts: 145

Yes, somebody got a bad pair of mittens. So, I’m not surprised that Mozilla has released Firefox 3.6.10 shortly after 3.6.9.

charnisingh · Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 138

Hi,

I have made pet as well as sfs of firefox 3.6.10 in puppy 432, if anyone is

interested, I will find a way to upload here. The pet and SFS should work

in puppy-4.

charnisingh

duckrow · Joined: 22 Jun 2010 Posts: 3

Will it work with puppy 3.01? If so,yes please