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Operating Systems Solaris Sample solution for Firefox-3.6.10 pkg in solaris 10 for X86 Post 302465792 by alamin2010 on Sunday 24th of October 2010 09:53:57 AM
Old 10-24-2010
Sample solution for Firefox-3.6.10 pkg in solaris 10 for X86

download pkg from sunfreeware web site
(root user mode)

step1:
Code:
#mkdir opt/sft

step2:
download the package and save it in the opt/sft directory

step3:
Code:
#bunzip2 firefox-3.6.10.en-US.solaris-10-fcs-i386-pkg.bz2

step 4
Code:
#pkgadd -d ./firefox-3.6.10.en-US.solaris-10-fcs-i386-pkg

step5:
Code:
#cd /opt/sfw/lib/firefox
# ls -la | grep firefox
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3936 Sep 16 16:53 firefox
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 32824 Sep 16 16:53 firefox-bin

(after installation is over, search for the firefox-bin file inside firefox directory)

step6:
Code:
#pwd
#/opt/sfw/lib/firefox
(follow this path then run run firefox-bin file)
#./firefox

***********sample output screenshot given,
please check the attachment*****************


(firefox web page will execute for the first time)

Nothing can be done alone once we are talking about unix and linux:

ref:\\ info

step 7:
To Enable Java run time (JVM):
Solaris 10, Java plugin is located at
Code:
# usr/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so

(if you do not find it there please download from the web site)
step 8:
Add the desktop file and start from menu(pkgadd format only)
Code:
# cat >/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop<<EOF

Quote:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application
Exec=/opt/sfw/lib/firefox/firefox
TryExec=/opt/sfw/lib/firefox/firefox
Icon=/opt/sfw/lib/firefox/icons/mozicon128.png
X-GNOME-DocPath=
Terminal=false
Name=firefox
GenericName=firefox
Comment=firefox
Categories=Application;Network;
EOF
***********sample output screenshot given,
please check the attachment*****************

(if you are unable to see the icon in the desktop click launch button->Applications->internet ->firefox icon)
Sample solution for Firefox-3.6.10 pkg in solaris 10 for X86-firefox-web-pagepng
Sample solution for Firefox-3.6.10 pkg in solaris 10 for X86-firefox-icon-.png

Last edited by alamin2010; 10-24-2010 at 11:02 AM..
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