08-02-2007
Installing Firefox and now ended up installing latest glibc
Hi all,
I wanted to install the latest version of firefox 2 but it seems when I attempt to install it, it seems to be saying it is looking for c libraries version 2.3? I believe I currently have an older version of the c libraries. I am currently running Sun's JDS Linux 2003. My Mozilla web browser seems to have packed up and I ended up using Nautilus file and directory navigator to do my web browsing so I thought I'd try using Firefox 2. I downloaded glibc version 2.6 but I have been told there are problems or bugs and that 2.3 is a more stable version, correct?
when I attempt to install glibc 2.6 I think its complaining about some sort of target directory using --prefix argument, but I am slightly lost. I want to make sure I get this right as I don't want to reinstall linux and wine from src :s
If I upgrade glibc then would I have to upgrade the kernel and other packages like gcc, binutils etc?
Can someone who has done this before provide me with details how they went about it (rpm or src) and what other installations they did?
Your help and guidance is much appreciated.
Mani
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
firefox
firefox(1) User Commands firefox(1)
NAME
firefox - Firefox for Sun Java Desktop System
SYNOPSIS
firefox [options ... ] [url]
DESCRIPTION
Firefox is a free, open-source web browser based on the Mozilla codebase. It is small, fast and easy to use, and offers many advantages
over other browsers, such as the ability to block pop-up windows.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-height value Set the height of startup window to value.
-h or -help Display the help message.
-width value Set the width of startup window to value.
-v or -version Display the version message.
-P profile Start with the profile named: profile.
-ProfileManager Start with profile manager.
-UILocale locale Start with the UI Locale listed: locale.
-safe-mode Disables extensions and themes for this session.
-jsconsole Open the JavaScript console.
-browser Open a browser window.
-setDefaultBrowser Set this app as the default browser.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching Firefox
example% firefox
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
1 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/firefox
Executable for Firefox application
$HOME/.mozilla/firefox
User configuration files for Firefox
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWfirefox |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
For more information about firefox, please refer to http://www.mozilla.org/firefox
Refer to Help->Help Contents for more information.
NOTES
Updated by Evan Yan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.
SunOS 5.11 10 Jul 2008 firefox(1)