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Trying to install Firefox on SuSE

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Cristatus

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When I got SuSE, I already had FireFox installed on it, but it is a version that won't let me use my plugins because it is old. I downloaded FF from their website, and installed it by clicking the firefox-sh file, and then clicking next a couple of times. Now, I'm not sure whether my version of FF has been upgraded, or not, and I was wondering how to check the version of the release. I tried Help -> About, but it doesn't say whether it is 1.0.4 or not.
 
I have no idea what you just said n0c!

Also, one more thing. I figured out how to switch from KDE to GNOME or any other desktop environment. You log out, and then you have options, and it's in there.

One more question: my "taskbar" at the bottom of the GNOME environment doesn't show any of my open windows anymore, although I can switch using Alt + Tab, I don't know what's open
 
Installing a non-native package is silly. YaST should have the latest decent version of FF for SuSE. Why not use that to update Firefox instead of using some crappy installer?
 
Originally posted by: logic1485
O ok! Thanks.

And what about the taskbar problem?
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Try restarting gnome.

I haven't used gnome since like v1.2 or so, and kde since 2.something I think. 😕
 
O ok. This problem persists even after restarting the machine, so I'm not quite sure what you mean by "Restart Gnome"
 
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Installing a non-native package is silly. YaST should have the latest decent version of FF for SuSE. Why not use that to update Firefox instead of using some crappy installer?
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Yep. As I mentioned in your previous thread, you can do most anything in YaST. It's one of the best things about SUSE. That should be the first place you look for almost anything.
 
Lol, nevermind. I just found out that I had removed the "Window List Utility". Got it back by right clicking the panel, selecting Add to panel -> Utility -> Window list

Thanks tho 😀
 
Originally posted by: logic1485
O ok. This problem persists even after restarting the machine, so I'm not quite sure what you mean by "Restart Gnome"
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Ok, so that means restarting gnome probably wouldn't help. Sorry. 😛

Gnome is just a piece of software running on the machine. At the bottom is Linux. On top of that is X. On top of that is a Window Manager (it manages windows). On top of that can be a Desktop Environment, like Gnome and KDE.
 
I see.

I always ask questions and questions in my threads, so here is another question:

Some flash games don't work, they just ignore my key clicks, or keyboard instructions. How do I solve that?

Also, where do I find plugins for stuff like RealPlayer, and WMP videos on websites?
 
The xine, thats the media player, that comes with suse won't play crap the way they set it up. Go into YAST and remove it and everything else like the frontends kaffiene and totem if you installed them.
go here and bookmark it while your at it
download and install xine-lib and one of the frontends totem, kaffiene, or the one I use just plain old xine-ui. Then do a search for win32 and install the codec file that pops up. You should just be able to click on the rpms and it will go into an install program. Its been about 2 weeks since I did this on my suse install and I don't think there were any problems but if it comes up saying you need to install such and such first just search for it on that page and install it. It should also setup your start menus and things too so you won't have to add them manually.
 
I tried clicking the RPMs, but they did not go into an install program. Maybe you have something extra installed?

How do I install an RPM?
 
Originally posted by: logic1485
I tried clicking the RPMs, but they did not go into an install program. Maybe you have something extra installed?

How do I install an RPM?
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rpm --install whatever.rpm
 
Originally posted by: logic1485
I tried clicking the RPMs, but they did not go into an install program. Maybe you have something extra installed?

How do I install an RPM?
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In the GUI, right click the RPM then do Actions->Install with YaST.
 
Copied and pasted from: YaST2
#### YaST2 conflicts list - generated 2005-05-18 16:47:28 ####

libFLAC.so.6 not available
Required by:
libxine1 requires libFLAC.so.6
Conflict Resolution:
( ) Remove the Referring Package
Do Not Install libxine1
( ) Ignore Conflict and Risk System Inconsistencies
libxine1 1.0.1-0.pm.0 conflict
Unresolved Requirements:
libxine1 requires speex >= 1.1-
libxine1 requires libFLAC.so.6
Conflict Resolution:
( ) Do Not Install libxine1
( ) Ignore Conflict and Risk System Inconsistencies
speex not available
Required by:
libxine1 requires speex >= 1.1-
Conflict Resolution:
( ) Remove the Referring Package
Do Not Install libxine1
( ) Ignore Conflict and Risk System Inconsistencies

#### YaST2 conflicts list END ###
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( ) is a is Radio button for choices.

What do I do?
 
libxine1 requires libFLAC.so.6 and speex so your best bet would be to not install libxine1 yet and figure out where to get those other two components.

I think if you install something from an RPM, you will find it in YAST, but I'm not 100% sure on that...
 
Ok, I found speex (in YaST itself) but I can't find libFLAC.so.6 for download. I installed them both, but I still get the same error. 🙁
 
Originally posted by: logic1485
Ok, I found speex (in YaST itself) but I can't find libFLAC.so.6 for download. I installed them both, but I still get the same error. 🙁
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The same exact error, or is it now just complaining about libFLAC?
 
I'll paste it for you:

#### YaST2 conflicts list - generated 2005-05-18 19:25:38 ####

libFLAC.so.6 not available
Required by:
libxine1 requires libFLAC.so.6
Conflict Resolution:
( ) Remove the Referring Package
Do Not Install libxine1
( ) Ignore Conflict and Risk System Inconsistencies
libxine1 1.0.1-0.pm.0 conflict
Unresolved Requirements:
libxine1 requires speex >= 1.1-
libxine1 requires libFLAC.so.6
Conflict Resolution:
( ) Do Not Install libxine1
( ) Ignore Conflict and Risk System Inconsistencies
speex not available
Required by:
libxine1 requires speex >= 1.1-
Conflict Resolution:
( ) Remove the Referring Package
Do Not Install libxine1
( ) Ignore Conflict and Risk System Inconsistencies

#### YaST2 conflicts list END ###
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😀
 
Here's a link to a FLAC package for SuSE, which should include the shared object file that xine needs (files ending in .so are shared objects, similar to Microsoft's dynamic link library). It's not the newest version but should work fine.

YaST is a good system management tool and usually installs dependencies when it can find them, but it's situations like this that made me consider replacing SuSE with Debian, and I'm glad I did. I just wish I'd known about Ubuntu when I made the sitch. 😉
 
Originally posted by: Jzero
Looks the same. Are you still trying to install FF or is this for something else?
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Lol... I gave up on FF.

This is now for playing DVDs.

Zelmo: I'm studying at the moment, but I'll try out your suggestion as soon as I am done.
 
Originally posted by: Zelmo3
ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/SuSE-Linux/i386/9.1/suse/i586/flac-1.1.0-382.i586.rpm">Here</a>'s a link to a FLAC package for SuSE, which should include the shared object file that xine needs (files ending in .so are shared objects, similar to Microsoft's dynamic link library). It's not the newest version but should work fine.

YaST is a good system management tool and usually installs dependencies when it can find them, but it's situations like this that made me consider replacing SuSE with Debian, and I'm glad I did. I just wish I'd known about Ubuntu when I made the sitch. 😉
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I just checked out your link:
http://ftp//rpmfind.net/linux/SuSE-Linux/i386/9.1/suse/i586/flac-1.1.0-382.i586.rpm (copied and pasted)
Even if it is ftp.rpmfind.net I can't access it because I can't access FTPs from where I am at 🙁
 
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