Hi Jörn , The one inside the VM doesn't work for me because the LD_LIBRARY_PATH isn't set, so it comes up with a GTK+ version error when you click the launcher. This is the only reason why I'm using my own version, as I have made the launcher execute a script which sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH first then just runs Firefox normally. I could have used the source tarball to create this but I used Firefox ESR instead as it gives a much smaller image to deploy (but only includes US English, so isn't as widely useful as the tarball).
Has the VM been updated since I downloaded it though? My sources.list has "http://devel.openthinclient.org/firefox-17/766b938303e1e9g/";, which is different from the one you've given below, so I'm potentially using an out-of-date version. I made a post on the developer mailing list about Firefox 19. I tried it too and also found the libxul problem, so agree that 17 is the latest Firefox that's possible with the current base. All the best, Mark On 12/03/13 10:51, Jörn Frenzel wrote: > Hi Mark, > > as far as i know, every firefox we (otc) have done, have a version in thier > name. But please double check this. There maybe be other reasons why it > does not work. > > Just some more word about firefox. > > Why are you trying to have an own firefox package? There is already one > (the one inside the VM). Please use this repository to install it. > > deb http://devel.openthinclient.org/firefox-17/5f1b84gdfcf3e1d/ ./ > > As usual there is also a source package > http://devel.openthinclient.org/firefox-17/5f1b84gdfcf3e1d/firefox-17_1.0.0-17.0.1-02.tar.gz > > Use this source and have your adaptions. See the README inside for > instructions. > > Yesterday i've tried to build a package with firefox 19. But it seems we're > missing some libs to run the new xul/xpcom stuff. We need a new base! > > Regards, Jörn > > > On 11.03.2013 22:43, Mark D-B wrote: >> Thanks Jörn, that explains it. I'll stay with my own version of Firefox >> then as I can easily deploy the script that sets the path with it. >> >> With reference to "Please never have two packages with the same name in >> different repositories" - are you meaning that this is why my attempt to >> have a package called "firefox" didn't work? I can understand why it >> would cause problems if two packages have the same name, but I thought >> all the existing Firefox packages had the version on the end (-3, -5, >> -17). Is there another one that isn't visible from the Package >> management tree and is called just "firefox"? >> >> All the best, >> >> Mark >> >> On 11/03/13 10:42, Jörn Frenzel wrote: >>> Hi Mark, >>> >>> Firefox needs some newer GTK version than the base packages delivers. So >>> the newer one ist installed under /opt/gtk/ and must be used with >>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH. >>> >>> In the base version of "experimantal" the separate GTK was joined into the >>> base. >>> >>> Please never have two packages with the same name in diffenrent >>> repositories. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Jörn >>> >>> On 09.03.2013 23:25, Mark D-B wrote: >>>> Dear All, >>>> >>>> This problem is due to library paths. I've now got my own Firefox 17 >>>> package with a script to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH so that the correct version >>>> of GTK (/opt/gtk/lib) gets loaded but I'd ideally like to use the one >>>> from the OTC server. Does anyone know why it doesn't set the library >>>> path itself? >>>> >>>> All the best, >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> On 16/02/13 18:43, newsgroup account wrote: >>>>> When I try and run Firefox 17 on the client, I get an error saying >>>>> that Firefox needs GTK+ 2.10 but I only have GTK+ 2.8. This seems >>>>> strange, as the server package manager says the installed package is >>>>> 0.4.5-2.16-2, which I infer to mean GTK+ 2.16. Is there something >>>>> wrong with paths? >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester >>>> Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the >>>> endpoint security space. 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