Saturday, November 24, 2012

How-to Install Firefox Aurora 22 Browser x86_64 for Linux OpenSuse 12.1 KDE4 64bit Linux Desktop Easy Visual-Guide

The Guide Show How-to Install the Latest Firefox Aurora 22 Browser 64bit on Linux OpenSuse 12.2 KDE4 x86_64 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 :)

 

To Make Easier the Visualization of the Entire Process I have Inserted the Essentials Screenshots of the Installation.

 

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

Firefox Aurora & Linux OpenSUSE

  1. Download Firefox Aurora:

    Firefox 22 Aurora x86_64 tar.bz2
  2. Right-Click > Open with Ark Install Firefox KDE4 Extraction

    Extract Into /tmp

  3. Open Terminal Window
    Linux Kde4 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 Aurora Launcher for Quick&Easy Starting:

    OpenSUSE-KDE4 App Launcher
  6. How-to Install Google-Chrome Browser on OpenSUSE:

    Installing Chrome for OpenSUSE
About Firefox Aurora