Re: firefox 3 in etch?

[Bogdan Marian <mendingo84@gmail.com>]

Mumia W.. wrote:
> On 06/05/2008 01:09 PM, Bogdan Marian wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Is it possible to run Firefox 3 in Debian Etch? I'm on KDE. It 
> > complains about the GTK version. I have the 2.8 installed and it 
> > wants 2.10 or higher.
> >
> > Thx,
>
> Yes, that's possible. I'm running FX3.0rc2 right now.
>
> As Mess-mate said, you need to compile gtk2.10 yourself. When you 
> compile gtk2.10, don't let it install itself to the default locations 
> in /usr/local, because that might mess things up for other programs. 
> Putting gtk2.10 in /opt is good, or you can put it in an exotic place 
> under /usr/local (etc. /usr/local/exotic).
>
> If gtk2.10 is allowed to install its libraries in the default location 
> of /usr/local/lib, it might confuse some programs looking for gtk2.8.
>
> After you've gotten gtk2.10 installed, you might need to give FX a 
> little hint on where it can find the latest gtk2 libraries on your 
> system. Create a wrapper script that sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH so that 
> Firefox can find the correct version of gtk, e.g.
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # My wrapper script
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/exotic/lib
> ~/path/to/my/firefox/installation/firefox/firefox

Hey guys,

I got it! I had to install the right version of Cairo. It works like a 
charm now.
Your directives were exact!

Thx,

--
Bogdan MARIAN
Java Software Developer
Saguaro Technology
Timisoara, ROMANIA
E-mail: bogdan.dumitru.marian@gmail.com