[K12OSN] Upgrading firefox
Robert Arkiletian
robark at gmail.com
Thu Apr 7 00:27:44 UTC 2005
On Apr 6, 2005 10:10 AM, Lewis Holcroft <lewis at pcc.com> wrote:
> I want to make /usr/bin/firefox launch the new firefox. If I update the
> directory variable in the /usr/bin/firefox file, firefox does not
> launch. I tried to link /usr/bin/firefox to
> /usr/lib/firefox-1.0.2/firefox and I get library errors.
>
You could do it like this.
Copy /usr/bin/firefox as /usr/bin/firefox-original
cp /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox-original
Then make a tiny bash script
======
#!/bin/bash
/usr/lib/firefox-1.0.2/firefox
======
Save it as /usr/bin/firefox then make it executable
chmod 755 /usr/bin/firefox
It's dirty but it should work. Personally I use icewm and just change
the menu item or icon to point to the version of Firefox I want.
BTW don't forget to create the links in your 1.02 firefox plugins dir
for flash and java
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Robert Arkiletian
C++ GUI tutorial http://fltk.org/links.php?V19
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