En/La Vincent Lefevre ha escrit, a 17/08/05 13:27: > On 2005-08-17 13:06:09 +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > >>Another way to go is to not wait for debian packages. I go directly >>to the firefox, thunderbird, openoffice, etc. and download the >>latest releases. I'm running Firefox 1.0.6 on testing (2.6.8-2) with >>zero problems. Same for TB 1.0.6 and OO 1.9.122. I can't recall >>every having a problem with firefox running this way. Download the >>tarball from the FF site, extract the files to a folder (usually >>called firefox-installer) and then copy the folder to its permanent >>home (I stick it in /opt). Rename the previous folder (if you have >>one) firefox.old, then rename firefox-installer, firefox and that's >>all there is to it. > > > But you need to recompile firefox if you don't have an x86 architecture. > Hi Vincent, Not exactly. There are builds for Solaris and Mac OS X and maybe some others as well. I didn't get what platform the OP was using so it seemed a reasonable alternative to suggest. Cheers, Jonathan
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