This directory contains the Solaris builds of Firefox 3.0.6, which are contributed by SUN Desktop Beijing Team. If you have any problem with these builds, please send email to desktop dash discuss at opensolaris dot org Note: Currently the contributed build of Firefox 3.0.6 is available on o OpenSolaris(http://www.opensolaris.com/get/) o Solaris 10(http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp) Installation ------------ * Tarball format Extract the tarball to a proper location[1] $ bzip2 -dc <tarball basename>.tar.bz2 | tar -xf - [1]: Make sure there is no firefox directory there before you extract the tarball, it's not recommended to just overwrite the old firefox directory. * Pkgadd format 1, First uncompress the zip file $ bzip2 -d <zip file basename>.bz2 You will get a package datastream file named <zip file basename> 2, Install the package as root # pkgadd -d ./<zip file basename> The default install location would be /opt/sfw/lib/firefox Enable Java ----------- cd /path/to/<install location>/plugins ln -s /path/to/<java plugin install location>/libjavaplugin_oji.so Enable Flash/Shockwave ---------------------- 1, Download the Flash/Shockwave plugin from http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&P2_Platform=Intel&P3_Browser_Version=Netscape4&P5_Language=English 2, Extract the tarball and place the files under /path/to/<install location>/plugins Run The Application ------------------- a, Execute the application by specifying the absolute path $ /path/to/<install location>/firefox b, Add <install location> to your PATH and execute "firefox" c, Add the desktop file and start from menu(pkgadd format only) # cat >/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop<<EOF [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Encoding=UTF-8 Type=Application Exec=/path/to/<install location>/firefox TryExec=/path/to/<install location>/firefox Icon=/path/to/<install location>/icons/mozicon50.xpm X-GNOME-DocPath= Terminal=false Name=Firefox GenericName=Firefox Comment=Firefox Categories=Application;Network; EOF Troubleshooting --------------- N/A Build Configuration ------------------- * Firefox and Mozilla suite Start up Mozilla/Firefox that you just installed and type "about:buildconfig" in the URL field, and then you would see all the build configurations used for this build. * Thunderbird From Thunderbird menu, "Edit" -> "Preferences" -> "General" -> "Location" and input "about:buildconfig" there. Restarting Thunderbird should give you the build configuration information.