[K12OSN] Upgrading firefox

[Lewis Holcroft]

Robert,

Thanks this seams to have done it. I was trying to update the existing 
script and that was not working. I'll see if the users have any 
problems.

Thanks again

Lewis

On Apr 6, 2005, at 8:27 PM, Robert Arkiletian wrote:

> 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
>
> -- 
> Robert Arkiletian
> C++ GUI tutorial http://fltk.org/links.php?V19
>
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