Installing Firefox on Puppy Linux
SeaMonkey, the default browser in Puppy Linux, is good, but what if you prefer Firefox? No problem, it takes only a few simple steps to install your favorite browser onto Puppy Linux.
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Download the latest version of Firefox from Mozilla's Web site. Use then the following command to unpack the downloaded archive into the root directory:
tar -jxvf firefox-x.x.x.tar.bz2
Launch then the Rxvt terminal and run the firefox command. Instead of launching Firefox from the command line, you can create a desktop shortcut. To do this, drag the firefox script in the firefox directory onto the desktop. To change the generic script icon, right-click on the shortcut, and choose File -> Set Icon. Drop then the desired icon onto the dialog window (you can find a large collection of ready-to-use icons in the /usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps directory). That's all there is to it.
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PET Packages
Edward Sep 27, 2009 4:41am GMT
Another and maybe easier way would be to use the PET Package for Firefox. But the package is for Firefox 2.0.0.7 that is quite dated.missing libraries
jayson Sep 26, 2009 10:14pm GMT
Aren't there some libaries you'll need to install? I remember there being something about ssl needing a library to work but can't remember exactly. Anyway thanks for the instruction, it's better than searching murga-linux/puppy for the latest .pet.