[UNMAINTAINED] Firefox (x64)

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Re: [UNMAINTAINED] Firefox (x64)

Post#16 by Rava » 18 Dec 2013, 05:53

phhpro wrote:;) Keep us posted, if you strike it lucky
Fetching from http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/
seems quite a little headache to exec on this particular distro. :D
Why so? I don't get that notion...
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Re: [UNMAINTAINED] Firefox (x64)

Post#17 by Rava » 19 Dec 2013, 08:28

Trying to run the pBuild (tweaked for en_GB version), I get this error (first I get some 404 errors, but going up the URL I get this one in the end:)
Mozilla Project Mirror

As the Mozilla Foundation has decided to move towards using Content Distribution Networks (CDNs) to distribute Mozilla binaries, the recommended source for Firefox is http://getfirefox.com (all Mozilla products are available at http://www.mozilla.org/products). We are freeing the space on the Open Source Mirror in order to make room for other Open Source projects in need of mirroring services.
So... after some search-fu I finally found this URL:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/ ... /releases/

So... we would need a new script for now, since we first need to browse into http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/ ... /releases/to get the newest version number that has no "b" for beta in its name, and currently that would be http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/ ... ases/26.0/
and then from there onwards either into 26.0/linux-i686/en-GB/ (for en-GB, i686), or 26.0/linux-x86_64/en-GB/ (again, en-GB, x86_64)

...

For other languages or en-US the URL would differ, of course...

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Re: [UNMAINTAINED] Firefox (x64)

Post#18 by Rava » 19 Dec 2013, 08:35

UPDATE

Silly me was over looking that there is still a "latest" subfolder ...

So, that URL is: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/ ... es/latest/

so, we either go to http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/ ... 686/en-GB/ or http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/ ... _64/en-GB/ ...
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Re: [UNMAINTAINED] Firefox (x64)

Post#19 by tome » 20 Dec 2013, 05:10

I deleted my previous post, but now tested, different size because of i686 vs x86_64, your link is i686
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Re: [UNMAINTAINED] Firefox (x64)

Post#20 by tome » 21 Dec 2013, 09:48

this generic link is the same for both arch, try - unpack and execute firefox (but don't use compat32)
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Re: [UNMAINTAINED] Firefox (x64)

Post#21 by tome » 22 Dec 2013, 10:42

When I said generic, I was pointing at a server-side mechanism to auto-detect the calling arch, just like most software sites do these days.
in this you are wrong.

https://download.mozilla.org/?product=f ... lang=en-GB = .../pub/firefox/releases/26.0/linux-i686/en-GB/firefox-26.0.tar.bz2
Simply start downloading with Firefox built-in downloader (and pause) then open your Download Manager (CTRL+SHIFT+Y) and "Copy source address" :wall:
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Re: [UNMAINTAINED] Firefox (x64)

Post#22 by Rava » 24 Dec 2013, 23:09

phhpro wrote:I checked the link, and indeed, it spells i686. Confusing enough. Now, as for my architecture: uname -m = x86_64 NOT i686, which would indicate a 32 bit system. There seems a little merry-go-round happening, since this URL http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla ... .0.tar.bz2 (28 MiB) should be beyond doubt truly 64 bit. Whereas this URL takes one to i686 32 bit
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla ... .0.tar.bz2 (29 MiB)
It makes sense that way... and I managed to create at last a running version of x86-64 FFx with newest Flash, by combining both pBuild, and creating an extra symlink to the flashplayer in ~/.mozilla/plugins...

Now, I should crate a pBuild that combines both FFx and flash... :)
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Re: [UNMAINTAINED] Firefox (x64)

Post#23 by Rava » 01 Feb 2014, 19:00

phhpro wrote:@rava: All done. The catch with Flash was to change lib64 to lib.
I know, took me days to figure that out, sorry I forgot to post it here.

Do you have a pBuild script that does it all? Image
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Re: [UNMAINTAINED] Firefox (x64)

Post#24 by Rava » 01 Feb 2014, 21:22

phhpro wrote:As mentioned above, chances are to get i686 when the calling arch is actually x86_64.
How come? That should sure not happen when the arch is determined the right way...

I vaguely remember there was an issue, but I cannot recall without re-reading it...

But anyhow, with a internet flatrate it should be possible to test the script multiple times...

So... did you, by any change, whrite down all the tweaks you had to add, then I can collect that for a FFx + Flash pBuild....
(Would save me lots of time!) :D
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Re: [UNMAINTAINED] Firefox (x64)

Post#25 by Rava » 06 Feb 2014, 03:17

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Re: [UNMAINTAINED] Firefox (x64)

Post#26 by Rava » 09 Feb 2014, 05:08

phhpro wrote:Strange indeed; as I fetched from exactly those URL's hardly 5 minutes before posting, but well, always fun on ffx. Hm, didn't I mention something about getting the right URL... 8)
*shrug* Weeellll, could be that they block/disallow these URL's from some countries, while still allow them from others. Me trying it, every time I got a 404, and that goes back to Nov 2013 or even further back... Image
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Re: [UNMAINTAINED] Firefox (x64)

Post#27 by tome » 09 Feb 2014, 07:54

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Re: [UNMAINTAINED] Firefox (x64)

Post#28 by Rava » 13 Feb 2014, 19:11

I see some "version number folders" there, but when I try to enter one, like 26.0 or 27.0... I get an 404... O__o
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Re: [UNMAINTAINED] Firefox (x64)

Post#29 by tome » 15 Feb 2014, 02:30

try first link (ftp.mozilla.org) or this: download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases
You have 404 error because:
Mozilla Project Mirror
As the Mozilla Foundation has decided to move towards using Content Distribution Networks (CDNs) to distribute Mozilla binaries, the recommended source for Firefox is http://getfirefox.com (all Mozilla products are available at http:// http://www.mozilla.org/products). We are freeing the space on the Open Source Mirror in order to make room for other Open Source projects in need of mirroring services.
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Re: [UNMAINTAINED] Firefox (x64)

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