Wednesday, March 27, 2013

How-to Install Firefox Beta 21 Browser i686 on Linux OpenSUSE 12.3 KDE4 32bit Easy Visual-Guide

The Guide Show How-to Install the Latest Firefox Beta 21 Browser 32bit for Linux OpenSuse 12.3 KDE4 i686 Desktop.

 

The Firefox Beta Version Coexist Perfectly with the Eventual Others Firefox Installations without Making Any Troubles, this Meaning that an Unique Firefox Base Environment will be Shared between All the Firefox Versions on the System.

 

More than this Once Installed it Will Plug-In the Firefox Beta Channel and Like Every Other Firefox Version in the Future will Follow to be Automatically Updated to the Newest Firefox Beta 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 Beta Browser on Linux OpenSUSE Desktop.

Firefox Beta & Linux OpenSUSE

  1. Download Firefox Beta:

    Firefox 21 i686 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 Beta

    Login as SuperUser

    su

    Make a Firefox Directory

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

    Make a Symlink for Easy-Starting

    ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox-beta/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox-beta
    Next you Can Start Firefox from Terminal with
    firefox-beta
  5. Create a Firefox-Beta Launcher for Quick&Easy Starting:

    OpenSuse KDE4 Launcher Guide
  6. How-to Install Evernote on Linux OpenSUSE:

    Installing Evernote for OpenSUSE
About Firefox Beta