[K12OSN] Upgrading firefox

[Thomas Astle]

Will this work similarly if firefox is not installed at all?

Lewis Holcroft wrote:

> 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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