Linux: FC4 - noob trying to install FF1.5 rpm.

[PC Freak]

I have found the rpm for FF 1.5 and tryed to run it by double clicking, but when I do it says "Packages Not Found" and it needs libcairo.so.2 and libpangocairo-1.0.so.0.

I downloaded the rpm from www.nrpms.net
the files name reads. firefox-1.5-1.1.fc4.nr.i386.rpm

any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[nsafreak]

Sounds like you have some unresolved package dependencies. That particular lib is part of one of the development libraries. I'd suggest running up2date to get it installed.

 

[PC Freak]

up2date says every think is up to date

 

[PC Freak]

Scratch that. it's Fetching package list for channel: updates-released right now

 

[alanore]

Generally google is your friend when searching for RMP packages there are also many RPM search websites you can use like this.
http://rpmfind.net/

 

[PC Freak]

Originally posted by: alanore
Generally google is your friend when searching for RMP packages there are also many RPM search websites you can use like this.
http://rpmfind.net/

I have that one bookmarked, along with nrpms.net

 

[sciencewhiz]

Try installing this RPM first: http://www.nrpms.net/Packages/fedora-4-i386/production/cairo.html

You are probably better off using yum to install firefox and all dependencies from www.nrpms.net. See the instructions here: http://www.nrpms.net/Docs/Yum/

 

[The Linuxator]

You shouldn't have any issue installing it through YUM, also make sure you are using the graphical frontend for yum (makes things easier for you), go to terminal and type : yum install yumex

Then go to System Tools ---> Yum Extender.
And that way you will get a GUI for yum, go to install and type firefox, it should show you firefox 1.5 check the box for it and click install.

Also I would suggest adding some repositories in there, that will give you more packages, in case any dependencies show up , yum might be able to fetch missing packages from there.

Repos I would suggest you always have (in addition to the regular ones that come with FC) are :

- livna
- freshrpms
- DAG

That's all I have and never had an issue installing an app afterwards.

Also if you are intrested in having Mplayer up and running , you need to have the greysector repo too, PM if you need more info.

 

[kamper]

Ditto to whomever has reccomended not finding rpms on the net. All that you need should be available from the normal fedora repositories and going outside there is only a good idea if you are pretty sure of what you're doing. yum (and yumex, I guess) is your friend.

 

[niomosy]

If you want to install the 1.5 off of Mozilla's site, you'll need the right libstdc++ libraries. That's what I had to do. The install should be giving you an error on the missing library. From there, just use one of the various rpm finder sites and you're set.

Just found the info I'd sent out when someone else was asking about this....

What you need to do is install the correct libstdc++ libraries. The install should tell you what's wrong) as Firefox wants earlier ones than installed. Install the correct libraries for Fedora Core 4 and you should be fine. I installed the compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.fc4.i386.rpm and Firefox installed just fine.