Why isn't Firefox 3.6 in the fedora repos yet? How do I get it there? - Page 2

lovenemesis · #16 24th January 2010, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PavanKY

Hi,

I installed firefox 3.6 as mentioned. Everything works fine except the java plugin.
Anyone else had this issue and solved it ?

Well, that's the problem I mentioned in this thread:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=239042

dd_wizard · #17 25th January 2010, 12:12 AM

Search the boards for Firefox 3.6 and java. The only fix I've seen is to drop openJDK for Sun JRE.

dd_wizard

PavanKY · #18 25th January 2010, 02:01 AM

I already had sun jre installed. It wouldnt work, I downgraded to the earlier firefox (which I assume I did not do properly), it was a mess. Finally using my back up settings after removing and installing firefox 3.5.6

info about installing sun java plugin would be appreciated.

lovenemesis · #19 25th January 2010, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PavanKY

I already had sun jre installed. It wouldnt work, I downgraded to the earlier firefox (which I assume I did not do properly), it was a mess. Finally using my back up settings after removing and installing firefox 3.5.6

info about installing sun java plugin would be appreciated.

First, you need to have at least Java 6 update 10. Install it to either user-wide or system-wide.

Second, rather than creating a symbol link for libjavaplugin_oji to Firefox plugins directory, this time you need to find the library called libnpjp2.so in Java installation directory. Running following in the installation directory will be helpful:

Code:

find . -name libnpjp2.so

Last, create a symbol link from libnpjp2.so in Java installation directory to Firefox plugin directory in the name of libnpjp2.so.

Now restart Firefox and try the Sun Java plugin verifying page again. It should work now.

I explained this process in detail on following page(in Chinese):

http://linuxtoy.org/archives/mozilla...er-plugin.html

evilhita666 · #20 26th January 2010, 03:40 PM

Any news on when can we expect it to be available in the normal repos (not rawhide) or will it definitely get pushed until fedora 13?

Milena · #21 26th January 2010, 04:14 PM

Is there any major reason to upgrade from 3.5 to 3.6 or just to have the newest..?
I dont think FF3.6 will land in the F12 repos, they never upgraded to a higher version within a release.

evilhita666 · #22 27th January 2010, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Milena

Is there any major reason to upgrade from 3.5 to 3.6 or just to have the newest..?
I dont think FF3.6 will land in the F12 repos, they never upgraded to a higher version within a release.

Well, I'm sort of doing some front-end work at the moment, so having up to date browsers can prove helpful with CSS3 and javascript engines evolving rapidly...

dth4h · #23 4th February 2010, 10:12 PM

Thanks leigh for the info on how to build rpms. I am using Google Chrome for now (it is really FAST). I tried to install Firefox from rawhide but it wanted to install a whole bunch of other f13 packages too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Milena

Is there any major reason to upgrade from 3.5 to 3.6 or just to have the newest..?
I dont think FF3.6 will land in the F12 repos, they never upgraded to a higher version within a release.

Yes there are reasons to have Firefox 3.6 instead of 3.5. Link. The main reason I want Firefox 3.6 is because it is a lot faster then 3.5 (still not as fast as Chrome though

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lovenemesis · #24 4th February 2010, 10:16 PM

Well, only three fc13 rpm are needed if installed it from rawhide.

pcguru · #25 4th February 2010, 11:43 PM

Files needed to install Firefox 3.6 on Fedora 12
For i686 systems
Google the following

Code:

firefox-3.6.1-1.fc13.i686.rpm   
sqlite-3.6.22-1.fc13.i686.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.1-1.fc13.i686.rpm

For 64 bit systems
Google the following

Code:

firefox-3.6.1-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm 
firefox-3.6.1-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.1-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm

lovenemesis · #26 4th February 2010, 11:58 PM

Yup, that's what I got when I installed it from rawhide.

helloworld1 · #27 5th February 2010, 03:27 AM

I have backported to fedora 12 so it does not need sqlite3
http://ifile.it/ruzf6sl/xulrunner-1....c12.x86_64.rpm
http://ifile.it/iebchjv/xulrunner-de...c12.x86_64.rpm
http://ifile.it/o2zdesu/firefox-3.6.1-1.fc12.x86_64.rpm

***Hlingler*** · #28 5th February 2010, 03:33 AM

Easiest (Remi Collet's repo):

Code:

su
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-12.rpm
yum --enablerepo=remi update firefox -y

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wilhepworth · #29 9th February 2010, 09:37 AM

I upgraded to Rawhide (yes, I know I'm asking for trouble) and executing the print or print preview dialogs cause Firefox to crash. Anyone else able to print?

I'm going to disable my plugins and test, but I can't see my plugins causing this.

I've installed Chrome to do my printing. I hate to say this as a six year veteran of Firefox, but I'm warming to Chrome for its speed. Not so crazy about the clunky interface, so for the time being, I'll stick with Firefox.

lovenemesis · #30 9th February 2010, 10:22 AM

Well, I do not have a real printer to test though the virtual pdf printer works fine for me.