[UNMAINTAINED] Firefox (x64)

[Rava]

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.

Why so? I don't get that notion...

[Rava]

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...

[Rava]

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/ ...

[tome]

I deleted my previous post, but now tested, different size because of i686 vs x86_64, your link is i686

[tome]

this generic link is the same for both arch, try - unpack and execute firefox (but don't use compat32)

[tome]

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"

[Rava]

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...

[Rava]

@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?

[Rava]

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!)

[Rava]

phhpro,

the URLs you listed for FFx are all 404.

E.g. http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla ... _64/en-GB/ now works as http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/ ... _64/en-GB/ or ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/f ... _64/en-GB/ HTH,

[Rava]

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...

[tome]

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/ ... /releases/
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla ... /releases/

[Rava]

http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla ... /releases/

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

[tome]

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.

[tb01]

Seems moz has changed it all up again:
all: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/
en_USx86: https://download.mozilla.org/?product=f ... lang=en-US
en_USx64: https://download.mozilla.org/?product=f ... lang=en-US

HTH,
--Tom