This directory contains Solaris builds of Firefox 10.0.4 ESR, which are contributed by Oracle Solaris Desktop Beijing Team. If you have any problem with these builds, please send email to desktop dash discuss at opensolaris dot org 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 To Enable Java: --------------- cd /path/to/<install location>/plugins ln -s /path/to/<jave home>/lib/<sparc|i386>/libnpjp2.so To Enable Flash Player: -------------------------- 1, Download the Flash Player plugin from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ 2, Extract the tarball and place the files under /path/to/<install location>/plugins To 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: ---------------- * If you could not start up the application or encounter some unexpected crash, try to do this, 1, Rename the profile directory("$HOME/.mozilla" for Mozilla suite, "$HOME/.mozilla/firefox" for Firefox and "$HOME/.thunderbird" for Thunderbird) 2, Start up the application without importing anything * For Solaris 10 users, if you have font display problems or crashes with some pages. Please apply the fontconfig and Freetype patch. #138353, #119813 (x86) #138352, #119812 (SPARC) You can download them at http://sunsolve.sun.com 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 Extract "buildconfig.html" from <install location>/chrome/toolkit.jar, which records all the build configure information of this build. $ jar xf /path/to/<install location>/chrome/toolkit.jar \ content/global/buildconfig.html