Firefox 2 install problem

RJP · #1 10th February 2007, 03:59 AM

This will probably fall under the "bonehead" category, but I'm stumped.

I've downloaded the tar.gz of Firefox 2.0.0.1, uncompressed it, and tried to load the installer by typing "./firefox" from within the new directory. I was rewarded with the following message:

./firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.

OK, it would appear that I'm missing a vital file. Can someone please tell me how to fix this? Given that Firefox 1.0.8 runs like silk on my system, I assumed that all of the necessary libraries were in place.

I'm using Fedora Core 4 if it makes any difference, and I was attempting the install as root. However, doing it as a user got the same result. I figure the solution is staring me right in the face, but it may be so obvious that I can't see it. Please advise.

Thanks in advance,

RJP

mtl2002 · #2 10th February 2007, 04:14 AM

Mozilla compiles firefox with gcc version 3.x, whereas Fedora is now running on gcc 4.x.
You need to install the historical compatibility library "compat-libstdc++-33" which supplies the stuff needed by the 3.x binary. To do this

Open up a terminal
Become root with su
yum install compat-libstdc++-33

You should be good to go now.

RJP · #3 10th February 2007, 04:58 AM

Thanks, that worked. But now I have a new problem! (good grief)

When I load Firefox, I keep getting my older version. Apparently my system is still focused on the old one; I'm guessing I have to go through and edit whatever shortcuts I'm using. Can this be done quickly and relatively pain-free? I ask foolishly...

I also have to update my plugins; that was why I upgraded Firefox in the first place. I'm hoping I only have to do that once, as root. Hopefully the two user accounts will follow suit, but I have my doubts.

Thanks again,

RJP

Jman · #4 11th February 2007, 02:45 AM

All the existing shortcuts to /usr/bin/firefox or firefox will go to the rpm version, yes.

I've got one launcher I use for starting it and don't bother to look for all shortcuts to the old one.

As for plugins my user owns the firefox dir so it can apply the updates across users. Although I only use one so that doesn't matter much.

mtl2002 · #5 11th February 2007, 03:09 AM

yeah, if you are in a one user system, the easiest way to have your plugins survive firefox updates is to keep all the plugins in /home/yourusername/.mozilla/plugins

Here are the contents of my /home/yourusername/.mozilla/plugins, which I manually copied from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins, /usr/lib/firefox-version/plugins, /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux, /usr/local/RealPlayer/mozilla

Code:

[mtl@localhost plugins]$ pwd
/home/mtl/.mozilla/plugins

[mtl@localhost plugins]$ ls -l
total 13372
-rwxr-xr-x 1 mtl  mtl  7040080 Dec 15 16:51 libflashplayer.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      50 Jan  7 19:40 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /opt/jre1.6.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 mtl  mtl   277564 Feb  8 00:45 mplayerplug-in-dvx.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 mtl  mtl     1021 Feb  8 00:45 mplayerplug-in-dvx.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 mtl  mtl   277660 Feb  8 00:45 mplayerplug-in-gmp.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 mtl  mtl     1021 Feb  8 00:45 mplayerplug-in-gmp.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 mtl  mtl   277788 Feb  8 00:45 mplayerplug-in-qt.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 mtl  mtl     1021 Feb  8 00:45 mplayerplug-in-qt.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 mtl  mtl   277852 Feb  8 00:45 mplayerplug-in-rm.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 mtl  mtl     1021 Feb  8 00:45 mplayerplug-in-rm.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 mtl  mtl   279512 Feb  8 00:45 mplayerplug-in.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 mtl  mtl   278108 Feb  8 00:45 mplayerplug-in-wmp.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 mtl  mtl     1021 Feb  8 00:45 mplayerplug-in-wmp.xpt
-rw-r--r-- 1 mtl  mtl     1021 Feb  8 00:45 mplayerplug-in.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 mtl  mtl    57580 Jul 19  2006 nphelix.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 mtl  mtl     5086 Jul 19  2006 nphelix.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 mtl  mtl  4759307 Jan  5 14:56 nppdf.so
[mtl@localhost plugins]$

jimmy7 · #6 11th February 2007, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jman

All the existing shortcuts to /usr/bin/firefox or firefox will go to the rpm version, yes.

I've got one launcher I use for starting it and don't bother to look for all shortcuts to the old one.

As for plugins my user owns the firefox dir so it can apply the updates across users. Although I only use one so that doesn't matter much.

My old version also launches instead of Firefox 2.0. How can I have the new version launch instead? I use the command ./firefox. I just started with Fedora core6 so it's all new to me. Thanks for the help.

Jimmy