Re: x86_64 vs i386 now firefoxish

[Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com>]

On 03/22/2016 04:14 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:

On Tuesday 22 March 2016 18:43:54 Lisi Reisz wrote:

> > What do I put in /etc/apt/sources.list to gain access to the newer

> > one?

>

> So far as I can see, you can't, not in Wheezy. The one you have is

> the most recent available via the repo.

> http://mozilla.debian.net/

>

> You could always use Firefox, as is now recommended. For instructions

> see the hyperlink I have referenced. That will give you 45.0.1.

>

> You could presumably download iceweasel_44.0.2-1~bpo70+1_i386.deb and

> install it with dpkg -i, but why? If Debian and Mozilla have made up,

> why not just accept it and use Firefox as Debian is now telling you to

> do? It takes a bit of getting used to, but why perpetuate a quarrel

> which is over?

>

> Lisi

It went to the mozilla site and pilled 45.0.1 but it was a tar.bz2, which when unpacked, did not have an installer script that I could find.

It looks to be prebuilt and ready to rock & roll, but where, and with what utility do I install it with?

Next?

Thanks.

Cheers, Gene Heskett

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For Mozilla's tarballs you don't need anything to install it, other than tar and bzip2.  Put the tarball wherever you like, the use the command:

    tar -jxvf firefox-45.0.1.tar.bz2

this will unzip and untar everything into a directory named firefox.  You can leave the firefox directory there, or rename it, or move it wherever you want to.  Inside that directory are two executable files, firefox and firefox-bin.  Either one of these will start firefox.  They are usually a few bytes different in size, but both seem to work the same as far as I can tell.

BTW, the URL

    https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest&os=linux64&lang=en-US

will do a download of the latest firefox, and

    https://download.mozilla.org/?product=thunderbird-latest&os=linux64&lang=en-US

will do the same for Thunderbird, which can be installed in the same manner.

Whether you want to install Firefox and Thunderbird this way, or not, is up to you.  There should be debian packages for Firefox, now.  I'm not sure about Thunderbird.  I have been installing them this way ever since the Debian/Mozilla debates began.  This way I know that I always have the most current version of each of these packages.

Marc