Upgrading Firefox

Forum: Apps
Topic: Upgrading Firefox
started by: ApocalypseFalcon

Posted by ApocalypseFalcon on Mar. 17 2006,01:48

i have a hard drive install of 1.2 and need to upgrade firefox. where is the directory where the built in firefox is located, because i think i have a way to update firefox there.

Posted by mikshaw on Mar. 17 2006,03:41

The last time i looked it was in /usr/local/firefox. It can be installed anywhere you want, though, since firefox keeps its files together in one directory and your personal configs should work for any version.

Posted by SShadow on April 04 2006,14:28

I thought that too, but when I extract the .tar.gz and try to run Firefox, I get a shared library:filenot found error... *shrug* I am a new old Linux user (ie it's been a few too many years since I have played around with Linux, and I am almost a complete n00b again! LOL)

Posted by roberts on April 04 2006,15:57

firefox 1.5 as per the download site, requires gtk2.
You may need to load the gtk2 extension to meet this requirement.