Hi all.
I wanted to test the latest browser from Mozilla. I am a huge fan of Firefox and it always was my main browser. PCLinuxOS comes with the latest stable version. Its a good thing. I love stability of my distribution. However I want to try the newest Mozilla product before it becomes a default browser for PCLinuxOS. Also I want to help Mozilla Developers by filing a bug reports and make their products even better this way.
Here are few simple steps You can do if You want to test it too.
Firefox is a default PCLinuxOS browser so its installed by default. If You removed it – reinstall it via synaptic.
Older version must be installed for few minor yet important reasons.
Close Firefox browser completely. Now open console and run these commands:
cd
Go to Your /home/ folder
cp -R ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla.backup.20
Let’s backup Your profile first.
wget -c http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/firefox-20.0a1.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2
Download the compressed Nightly XX file.
tar -xvjf ./firefox-20.0a1.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2
Extract it.
rm -f ./firefox-20.0a1.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2
Remove it.
cd ~/firefox/searchplugins/ && wget -c http://andrzejl.cyryl.net/WoTW/WoTW_files/FFxSearchPCLOSForum/pclinuxos-forum.xml
Add the search engine for PCLinuxOS Forum.
su
Gain root privileges…
root password
…by giving correct root password.
rm -f /usr/bin/firefox
Remove old symlink.
rm -f /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox
Remove old symlink.
ln -s /home/yourlogin/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
Create new symlink. Replace yourlogin with Your actual login.
ln -s /home/yourlogin/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox
Create new symlink. Replace yourlogin with Your actual login.
exit
exit
Go back to user mode and close the console.
Now You can use the old shortcuts (from the desktop, panel or KMenu) to open new Firefox. All the programs should open links in new version of Firefox too.
Enjoy the latest and the greatest from Mozilla. I am. If You are using Nightly You should know that it can also be safely upgraded to the latest version by using Help > About Nightly from the Firefox menu bar.
Going back to the repo version of Firefox.
Close Firefox completely. Reinstall Firefox using synaptic.
Regards.
Andy
