After installing updates today, epiphany doesn't seem
to download some files anymore, or is the file missing?

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http://greekgreek.mylivepage.com/fi...W_17.08.07b.zip
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Now I want to try firefox but how do I install that
in Debian etch?
I downloaded firefox (firefox-2.0.0.6.tar.gz) from
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Cannot find a simple howto on the firefox site,
can someone tell me step by step how to make this
firefox working on my system/

Edmund

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> After installing updates today, epiphany doesn't seem to download some fil
es
> anymore, or is the file missing?
>
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> http://greekgreek.mylivepage.com/fi...Key.bin_ToH9.1_
> New_01_key_Polsat_Digital%2B_Cabo_PW_17.08.07b.zip
> -----------------

Page opened fine and I got the file. It is NOT a ZIP tho'.

> Now I want to try firefox but how do I install that in Debian etch? I
> downloaded firefox (firefox-2.0.0.6.tar.gz) from
> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ Cannot find a simple howto on the
> firefox site, can someone tell me step by step how to make this firefox
> working on my system/
>

Unpack it where you want it and execute the file from there. I've done it in
 my
~/ without problems. However, Iceweasel *IS* Firefox re-branded.

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Government satellites recorded Edmund saying:
<snip>
> I downloaded firefox (firefox-2.0.0.6.tar.gz) from
> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
> Cannot find a simple howto on the firefox site,
> can someone tell me step by step how to make this
> firefox working on my system/

BTW, forgot to mention this step by step:
1) run the file called "firefox"; click it or do it from
a terminal
2) use FF

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sk8r-365 wrote:

> Government satellites recorded Edmund saying:
> <snip> 
>
> BTW, forgot to mention this step by step:
> 1) run the file called "firefox"; click it or do it from
> a terminal

Clicking it doesn't do a thing.
in terminal I get "command not found"
"firefox" IS in the folder.

> 2) use FF

"command not found" that can be right this time,
because there isn't anything called "FF" in this folder.

Edmund

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>> downloaded firefox (firefox-2.0.0.6.tar.gz) from 
>
> Unpack it where you want it and execute the file from there. I've done it
> in my ~/ without problems. However, Iceweasel *IS* Firefox re-branded.
>

Hello,

just to say it more concretely: executing means

open a shell
go to the firefox folder
type ./firefox

Sure enough you can create a short cut on the desktop with the command entry
'/home/myname/firefox/firefox' or wherever you unpacked the zip

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sk8r-365 wrote:

> Government satellites recorded Edmund saying: 
>
> Page opened fine and I got the file. It is NOT a ZIP tho'.

The page opens here too but nothing is downloaded.
In the mean time there is a message on the page
"Bandwidth limit exceeded" which could be the problem.
BTW it must be a zip file.
> 
>
> Unpack it where you want it and execute the file from there. I've done it
> in my ~/ without problems. However, Iceweasel *IS* Firefox re-branded.

I briefly tested iceweasel and it gave me other problems.
Beside that, what is the fun of renaming programs when it
is the same thing?


Edmund

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Dirk Hartmann wrote:
 
>
> Hello,
>
> just to say it more concretely: executing means
>
> open a shell
> go to the firefox folder
> type ./firefox

here I get:
./firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot
open  shared object file: No such file or directory

At least something happens :-)

Edmund

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Edmund wrote:

> here I get:
> ./firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5:
> cannot
> open  shared object file: No such file or directory

Hello,

the problem is your libstdc is too old. This has been often reported, just
google "libstdc++.so.5: cannot " and "firefox". I had the same problem. At
least I guess you'll find no /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 in the lib directory
but an older version.
1) Either you have to upgrade your debian distro. But after I upgraded to
Debian Sarge stable everything works fine. (The safest way ist: e.g. if you
use debain woody
a) update carefully your /etc/apt/sources.list and then
b) run e.g apt-get dist-upgrade
But be sure that you know what you're doing)
2) You have to use an older Firefox release. Don't know which, you have to
try.

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Government satellites recorded Edmund saying:
> sk8r-365 wrote:
> 
>
> The page opens here too but nothing is downloaded.
> In the mean time there is a message on the page
> "Bandwidth limit exceeded" which could be the problem.
> BTW it must be a zip file.

You have to click on the link at the top of the page with the file
name. No, it's not a valid ZIP even tho' there's a ZIP extension. It
is a Key.

> I briefly tested iceweasel and it gave me other problems.
> Beside that, what is the fun of renaming programs when it
> is the same thing?
>

It was re-branded due to legal issues and Debian's FOSS approach. If
you can't do it in iceweasel then it ain't happening with FF. I have
the link working in FF, IW, Epiphany and links2 - all can download the
ZIP.

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Edmund wrote:
> sk8r-365 wrote:
> 
>
> Clicking it doesn't do a thing.
> in terminal I get "command not found"
> "firefox" IS in the folder.
>
you need to type in ./firefox & <enter>. The & backgrounds the process
so you get back the command prompt right away. The ./ is because Linux
does not search the current directory for executables.
 
>
> "command not found" that can be right this time,
> because there isn't anything called "FF" in this folder.
>
> Edmund
>

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