theo Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 FireFox 1.0.4 available @ http://www.mozilla.org/ This is a security update. Cheers. [moved from Software by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaba Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 Running MandrivaLE , how do i install.. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarian Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 download from mozilla website unpack where you want it click on firefox-installer (or "./firefox-installer" in terminal) then drag the new FIREFOX file as shortcut to desktop (if KDE) or make a shortcut to the FIREFOX file any other way can also install it as root in /usr/share i think then you can run it with the "firefox" command, but I'm not sure, haven't done that (oh lazy me) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theo Posted May 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 This is the way I do that: first of all, I urpme'd firefox (IMHO rpm are updated too late for critical applications as firefox) then, I download the tar.gz file from mozilla's website - uncompress in my home directory - log as root - ./firefox-installer in the earlier extracted directory - install in /usr/share/firefox to do just one time: - create the /usr/share/firefox (as root) - create a (sym) link in /usr/bin that pointed to /usr/share/firefox/firefox (named firefox) to access firefox directly in a terminal (and auto-find of others applications) now, you can create an icon on your desktop or just type 'firefox' in a terminal the next updates will be mega easy: - download (the tar.gz file) - extract (the tar.gz file) - as root execute the installer (./firefox-install) - choose the /usr/share/firefox directory (that already exists) - the installer will upgrade automatically the folder/firefox that's all (your icon and/or link in /usr/bin stay good) if you install plugins (acrobat, flash, java, ...), think to install your plugins elsewhere of the firefox folder (i.e.: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins) and create a (sym) link named plugins in the /usr/share/firefox folder that pointed to your plugins folder (i.e.: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins). easy and it works for all users (to check it: type about:plugins in the nav bar of firefox). you can do it too in your home directory (/home/nick/.mozilla/plugins) if you prefer to do it only for you (the other users of your system will not have access to the plugins). just do it one time and you'll be in peace. Theo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 The official MDV security updates to Mozilla and Firefox that came out the day before yesterday contain all the security fixes from Firefox 1.0.4 and Mozilla 1.7.8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 That's correct, but the version still shows as 1.0.2, which causes the mozilla site to still deny one access to extensions, themes, etc, until one updates to 1.0.4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 Well, that's amazingly stupid of them. Sometimes I really don't understand mozilla.org at all, I'm thinking of switching back to Galeon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theo Posted May 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 (edited) why blame mozilla? my firefox displays 1.04 and I can download/install all I want! i just installed it from the tar.gz file, the (only one) version of mozilla ... you would owe blame the rpm packager rather ... just my 2 eurocents. Edited May 18, 2005 by theo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 (edited) Well, that's amazingly stupid of them. Sometimes I really don't understand mozilla.org at all, I'm thinking of switching back to Galeon... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> it's not mozilla's fault, my friend. they're trying to keep you secure. to do that, they need to make sure you're running the version that contains all the security patches. the easiest way to do this is via version number. I know, I spend my days trying to figure out how to check versions of software in Windows to make sure certain service packs have been applied perhaps MDV need to hack in the version number...shouldn't be that hard. Or *gasp* just compile 1.0.4 against 10.2 and put that in the security updates. Edited May 18, 2005 by tymark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 (edited) besides you can still download themes etc from the site, it doesnt totally deny you. you just have to save them locally and then file > install for extensions, and drag and drop the themes into the theme window. last time i checked it actually told you this in the warning message on the site. Edited May 20, 2005 by scoopy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted May 19, 2005 Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 (edited) besides you can still download themes etc from the site, it doesnt totally deny you. you just have to save them locally and then file > install for extensions, and drag and drop the themes into the theme window. last time i checked it actually told you this in the warning message on the site. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There was no such thing in the warning message. <<edited due to the post I was responding to being edited>> How 'bout a screeny? Edited May 20, 2005 by Steve Scrimpshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 (edited) there was before 1.0.4 was released, IIRC. they probably changed it after it was released. Edited May 20, 2005 by scoopy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 sorry, didn't realise the check was to guard against the exploit, just thought it was standard vendor stupidness (use New Shiny Everything or we won't let you in). Fred has hacked Cooker's firefox to report 1.0.4 now, I think he's going to do another update too, if I'm understanding the Cooker ML thread about this issue right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted May 22, 2005 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 good good yeah, before 1.0.4 they turned off automatic installation of themes/extensions because there was a possibility of exploit, if I understand correctly. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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