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Installing Firefox2 in Bayanihan Linux 4 Beta 2

Prepare your system

sudo apt-get install libstdc++5

Now you need to backup your old firefox prferences

sudo cp -R ~/.mozilla ~/.mozillabackup

Now you need to download Firefox 2 from Mozilla site

wget -c ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0/linux-i686/en-GB/firefox-2.0.tar.gz

Unzip the .tar.gz file in /opt directory using the following command

sudo tar -C /opt -xzvf firefox-2.0.tar.gz

Now you need to link the plugins using the following command

cd /opt/firefox/plugins/

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/* .

Now you need to create a link to your new firefox launcher using the following command

sudo dpkg-divert –divert /usr/bin/firefox.bayanihan –rename /usr/bin/firefox

sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

sudo dpkg-divert –divert /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox.bayanihan –rename /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox

sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox

This will complete the installation of firefox 2

Happy Installing ……