On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 06:03:06PM +0000, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:33:18 -0800, Erin Brinkley wrote: > > > I use the 'iceweasel' package for my main browser. But I was thinking > > about how Firefox itself (at mozilla.com) is much newer. I read a blog > > comment that someone started running the newest binary directly from > > Firefox instead of the iceweasel package. Is this even possible?? If so > > I'd like to try it, but don't want to break anything. Is it as easy as > > just downloading the Linux package from mozilla.com and installing it in > > /usr/local?? > > If you are running a 32-bits kernel, yes. Go Firefox, download the > package, uncompress it anywhere (I've got it in my user's home Desktop) > and just "launch" the app. > > This method does not require you to install the package so you can still > keep your Iceweasel installation in parallel. >
I do this, regardless of how unnecessary it is suppose to be. If the versions vary to widely, addons can be problematic. Firefox and iceweasel will install them to the same directory, ~/.mozilla/firefox/nnnnnnnn.default . I have had to uproot more than one addon manually. -- Regards, Freeman "Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO (or Linux) is the answer." --Somebody -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110215013500.GA9130@Europa.office
