Good evening, I tried this again. I used the ftp instructions from http://www.ehow.com/how_2284571_firefox-via-ftp-windows-xp.html and worked through the file system. I am not sure what 7.0b-whatever is about. So I went with 6.0.2. I downloaded the file into /tmp. I used the tarball extract instructions from http://sunfreeware.com/README.firefox6 I was surprised how easy it was. I typed firefox at the terminal and Firefox opened up. Very nice. Somehow, I don't think I should have had a real program inside a tmp folder. So where do you store your Firefox folder? Do you have it at the top level? Or do you have it inside /opt or another location? That is odd. There is an error message appearing in the same terminal window that I used to fire up Firefox: (Gecko:973): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to find default local directory monitor type
I am not sure what that is about. I look forward to your next message. Thank you, Fred > Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:39:41 +0200 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [csw-users] Now a Problem Using FireFox > > Fred, > > * Fred Strickland <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good evening Ssebastian, > > > > I have pulled several things together. I will number these in order to > > keep things straight. > > sorry for the late reply. I'd suggest to keep posting to users@. That > way more people than just me can help you out. > > > 3. You gave me a URL that you havv used. I tried to follow it, but it > > does not work. > > Yes, the Mozilla guys tend to remove or move old versions. Just keep an > eye on the more recent versions (as you did below). > > > Seems to be listed twice: > > [3]http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/latest-6.0/contrib/solaris_pkgadd/ > > > > I see the tarball directory: > > > > > > [4]http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/latest/contrib/solaris_tarball/ > > > > firefox-6.0.1.en-US.solaris-10-fcs-sparc.complete.mar 31-Aug-2011 > > 10:36 29M == I am not sure what this is. > > firefox-6.0.1.en-US.solaris-10-fcs-sparc.tar.bz2 31-Aug-2011 > > 10:36 29M > > Don't worry about the two different archive types. Just use the .tar.bz2 > in case the pkgadd version doesn't work for you. > > > 5. When the installation started, I was presented with an option to > > select some programs in addition to the FireFox program. The installation > > went through without any problems. > > > > 6. When I tried to launch the program, here is what happen: > > > > $ firefox > > ld.so.1: firefox-bin: fatal: libpangocairo-1.0.so.0: open failed: No such > > file or directory > > ld.so.1: firefox-bin: fatal: libcairo.so.2: open failed: No such file or > > directory > > ld.so.1: firefox-bin: fatal: relocation error: file > > /opt/sfw/lib/firefox/libxul.so: symbol g_slice_set_config: referenced > > symbol not found > > Killed > > $ > > > > 7. Those messages sound similar. I am wondering if I should have agreed > > to installing those other programs. I am thinking about removing > > firefox-6.01.en-US.solaris-10-fcs-sparc-pkg.bz2 > > package and then redo the installation with the additional options. Am I > > thinking on the correct lines for solving my problem? > > Yes, when using the pkgadd version, you need to install all the packages > that come with the download. They contain libraries which are needed by > Firefox. In the invocation above, firefox-bin can't find some of these > required libraries. > > Sebastian
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