A while ago I put the work into looking at what dependencies would be needed to install Firefox 3.5.16 on DSL, which would then allow it to be made as a package. I never finished (will one day), but I thought I'd post whatI got for anyone who wanted to finish the list before me.
The latest Firefox versions just won't work due to the old Kernel in DSL, but I use 3.6 on a WIndows XP PC (shudder) and it still works with the vast majority of websites, quite an improvement from V. 2 at the moment. It also offers some nice refinements such as a proper download manager.
As I say, I haven't finished, but here' whatI've got. V. DSL means the version of a dependency included with DSL, note is made to dependencies in the MyDSL respository (mentioned in notes as "dsls"). V. Req. is the minimum required version for Firefox. Of course I've had to look at the dependencies for dependencies as well and these are shown as a branch from the original Firefox dependency. As you can see, xulrunner is a door to a world of unmets.
Firefox unmet dependencies in DSL:
3.5.16-20 - Debian Iceweasel - https://packages.debian.org/squeeze/iceweasel
Name: Status V. DSL V. Req.
-Debianutils met 2.1.4 1.16
-fontconfig unmet none 2.8.0 - gtk+ 2.12.9 .dsl has 2.5.91
-libfreetype6 unmet 2.1.2 2.2.1 - in gtk+ dsls 2.10.9
-libc6 met 2.3.1 2.0
-expat unmet none 1.95.8 - in gtk+ dsls 2.10.9
-zlib1g met 1.1.4 1.1.4
-libc6 unmet 2.3.1 2.3.6-6
-libglib2.0-0 unmet none 2.16.0
-libgtk2.0-0 unmet none 2.10 - gtk2-core.unc?
-libnspr4-0d unmet none 1.8.0.10
-procps met 3.1.5 any
-xulrunner unmet none 1.9.1.16
-libasound2 unmet none 1.0.18
-libatk1 unmet none 1.29.3 - unmet in any gtk+ dsls
-libbz2-1.0 unmet none 1.0
-libc6 unmet 2.3.1 2.3.6
-libcairo2 unmet none 1.8.8 - unmet in any gtk+ dsls
-libdbus-1-3 unmet none 1.0.2 - unmet in any gtk+ dsls
-libfontconfig unmet none 2.8.0 - prob. in fontconfig
-libfreetype6 unmet 2.1.2 2.2.1 - in gtk+ dsls 2.10.9
-libgcc1 met none 1:4.1.1 - dsls only go to 3.3.4
-libglib2.0-0 unmet none 2.24.0
-libgtk2.0-0 unmet none 2.10 - gtk2-core.unc?
-libhunspell unmet none 1.2.11
-libjpeg62 met 6b6 6b1
-libmozjs2d unmet none 1.9.1.16-20 - firefoxcomponent
-libnspr4-0d unmet none 4.7.1-1
-libnss3-1d unmet none 3.12.6
-libpango1.0-0 unmet none 1.14.0 - in gtk+ dsls 2.10.9
-libpng12-0 unmet 1.2.5.0 1.2.13-4 - in gtk+ dsls 2.12.9
-libreadline unmet 4.3-5 6.0
-libsqlite0 unmet 2.4.7-1 3.7.3
-libstartup-notification0 unmet none 0.10
-libx11
https://packages.debian.org/squeeze/xulrunner-1.9.1
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