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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super Mar 24, 2011 2:35pm GMT
the puppylinux install for firefox does not work....just a small point that you would think that the would look at... but no.
what a complete and utter shambels it all this linux stuff is...
another thing is, when you expect people to enter a code, you should at least make it legible. A bunch of squiggles and other crap is displayed and you expect someone to enter some sort of code ?
What a completwe and utter joke, you guys are insane.
installing Firefox
super Mar 24, 2011 2:28pm GMT
You linux guys just dont get it do you.''run this, rename that, move something else and then scratch your arse...''
Linux will ALWAYS be nothing because you cannot get it into your head that
all this command line stuff is BOLLOX.
You just live in a little world of your own with bits here and switches there... getting nowhere.
The rest of the world finds a file and clicks install. and (surprise, surprise) it is done...
The other joke was when I look for ''instructions'' to get a shortcut on the desktop....
Well I just fell about laughing at the ''get this file, edit this instruction... move it somewhere else...''
WHAT A COMPLETE AND UTTER JOKE LINUX IS
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Keenan Apr 13, 2010 6:36pm GMT
Cannot get the script to run. have to start firefox through the terminal?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.