Wednesday, October 17, 2012

PCLinuxOS 2012.08 64bit KDE4 How-to Install Firefox 22 Aurora Browser x86_64 Easy Visual-Guide

The Guide Show How-to Install Firefox 22 Aurora Browser x86_64 on PCLinuxOS 2012.08 64bit KDE4 Desktop.

 

The Firefox Aurora Version can Coexist with the Others Firefox Versions without Troubles, this Mean that Once Fired Up it Will Just Load the Default Firefox Environment.

 

More than this Once Installed it Will Plug-In the Firefox Aurora Channel and Like Every Other Firefox Version in the Future will Follow to be Automatically Updated to the Newest Firefox Aurora Release. So it is Not a Wasting Time because You Install It Once and Keep Forever Freshly Updated :)

 

Inside the Instructions you will Find also a Link to How-to Create a Launcher for Firefox Browser on PCLinuxOS KDE Desktop.


Mageia & Firefox Aurora
  1. Download Firefox Aurora:

    Firefox 22 x86_64 tar.bz2
  2. Double-Click on the Archive and Extract into /tmp Directory
    Rosa Marathon 2012 Extract Firefox Archive
  3. Open a Terminal Window

    Kickoff >> More Applications >> Terminals >> Konsole

    PCLinuxOS Kde Open Terminal

  4. Relocate Firefox Aurora

    Login as SuperUser

    su

    Make a Firefox Directory

    mkdir /opt/firefox
    Move Firefox Into firefox-Aurora so to Prepare for a Possible Firefox Multi-Version Coexistence
    mv /tmp/firefox /opt/firefox/firefox-aurora

    Make a Symlink for Easy-Starting

    ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox-aurora/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox-aurora
    Next you Can Start Firefox from Terminal with
    firefox-aurora
  5. Create an Firefox Desktop Quick-Launcher

    PCLinuxOS Kde Launcher
  6. How-to Install Google-Chrome Browser on PCLinuxOS:

    Installing Chrome for PCLinuxOS
About Firefox Aurora