HowTo Install the Latest Firefox in Ubuntu (Ultimate HowTo)

[arnieboy]

do the following:

sudo rm -rf /opt/firefox

and run the script again

[lonetree]

thanks arnieboy, will try that later on. Thanks for your reply.

[Ric Fischer]

if it works for u, please do post on the thread to say so.

The install went just fine for me. I love arnieboy's work.

Java didn't work, but after doing the Java 1.5 fix mentioned earlier (where the user kept seeing the Blackdown version of Java instead of 1.5), even that's working.

I also used the new version of the form widgets "update" for Firefox 1.5. The message notes it's for the Firefox 1.5 as per the instructions on the Wiki, but the same steps worked for me in the arnieboy version, too. (Probably because arnieboy's script seems to do all the same things.)

Thanks, arnieboy!

[weeguy]

do the following:

sudo rm -rf /opt/firefox

and run the script again

Leaving `local diversion of /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox to /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox.ubuntu'
Leaving `local diversion of /usr/bin/firefox to /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu'
ln: `/usr/bin/firefox': File exists
ln: `/usr/bin/mozilla-firefox': File exists
/opt/firefox/run-mozilla.sh: line 131: 14346 Segmentation fault "$prog" ${1+"$@"}

Had the same problem and "sudo rm -rf /opt/firefox" didn't help. Any idea?

[lonetree]

do the following:

sudo rm -rf /opt/firefox

and run the script again

Hi arnieboy, did what you mentioned, it din work. Kinda upset, looks like I have to reinstall the whole thing again and do lotsa stuff from scratch again. Sigh!

[lonetree]

Hi guys,

I solved the problem. If you have install SCIM, this could be the problem (firefox unable to start with error

/opt/firefox/run-mozilla.sh: line 131: 8175 Segmentation fault "$prog" ${1+"$@"}

or something similar

Solution :

# sudo gedit /usr/bin/mozilla

add "export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim" without the quotes, before the line
moz_pis_startstop_scripts()

save it, and run firefox. It will throw 2 error, after which everything back to normal operation the next time you start firefox again.

However, java runtime need to relink, wonder if I still remember how to, can someone highlight? Also, I have not try adobe plugins and some other plugins.

Anyway, I hope this helps some of you guys out there. Remember, my problem is due to SCIM, and I presume this only could be solved if you have SCIM installed.

to confirm that this is the problem, try this in console first :

# GTK_IM_MODULE=xim firefox

regards,

[weeguy]

I wouldn't consider this a solution, since you would not be able to to use SCIM using this method, hence crippling the browser. Anyway, hpn compiled a version of Firefox 1.5 that works with SCIM, so SCIM users might want to try that out.

btw: lonetree, glad to see another user from Singapore around here. And follow the instructions here to relink java.

[tomski]

Hi there Arnieboy,
i was just wondering if the issue's with the plugins for FF1.5 have been resloved
because a few friends have told me that it is having problems with active x controls and i need that plugin to work as i have created a couple of sites that use active x or is it just a case of copying over the relevant files from the FF1.0.7 dir to get them all working??

[lonetree]

I wouldn't consider this a solution, since you would not be able to to use SCIM using this method, hence crippling the browser. Anyway, hpn compiled a version of Firefox 1.5 that works with SCIM, so SCIM users might want to try that out.

btw: lonetree, glad to see another user from Singapore around here. And follow the instructions here to relink java.

Hi weeguy,

thanks for your reply. Seriously, I was in a rush to try that "solution", and didn't notice that SCIM was crippled. Will try later.

Where can I get the SCIM supported ff1.5 that you mentioned just now?

Btw, are you from singapore too?

[jrib]

Hi there Arnieboy,
i was just wondering if the issue's with the plugins for FF1.5 have been resloved
because a few friends have told me that it is having problems with active x controls and i need that plugin to work as i have created a couple of sites that use active x or is it just a case of copying over the relevant files from the FF1.0.7 dir to get them all working??

Firefox doesn't use activex. Activex has been the cause of several of IE's security vulnerabilities. A quick google search gave me this but I have no idea if it works. I'd try to stay away from activex personally.