hadi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > i'm trying to run firefox in my debian system. > i downloaded firefox and extracted it in /opt.
Why not run Iceweasel, which is, as the package description says, Firefox rebranded - the Debian version of Firefox. If you want the latest, be sure that the experimental distribution is available to your system in /etc/apt/sources.list and install it from Experimental. Currently I have 20.0 installed, and it works well with Orca. > i installed ia32-libs-gtk to resolve the "xpcom error" for 64bit systems. Why do you want to run a 32-bit Firefox on a 64-bit Linux installation? You should run a 64-bit version instead. > now when i cd to /opt/firefox and do ./firefox, in terminal i see > an error which says > gtk message: failed to load "atk-bridge" > firefox loads up, but orca says firefox inaccessible. That's probably because you have a 64-bit ATK library installed and you're trying to run a 32-bit application, a combination that doesn't work. My recommendation would be to run 64-bit Firefox (preferably the Iceweasel package in Debian unless you have a strong reason to do otherwise). I think you're making this a lot harder than it needs to be. In general, it's best to install software only from the distribution repository unless you need something special that isn't available there. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
