Using TAR Package for latest Firefox Release / Pre-Release
For my normal web surfing I prefer to use pre-released firefox. I am not a developer, thus this is my way to contribute to firefox. While using I hardly face any problem but if there any crash I do send crash report.
Apart from this I always like pre-released firefox. This is when you can makeout performance / feature improvement.
If you wait for your favorite distro to release rpm / deb package, you might not get chance to use latest pre-release.
For mozilla products I prefer tar packages only, as in there is no installation required. All you have to do is to extract & run application.
Download firefox-3.7 latest built
Create Folder in your Home Directory e.g packages & Extract source package
Or
As a root, extract package in /usr/local/etc/ so that same will be accessible to other users on same computer. (recommended)
Add shortcut on panel (./firefox/firefox)
Start using it.
You might need to install compat-libstdc++ / libstdc++ rpm. otherwise you’ll not be able to run application
This is not only limited to pre-released packages. You can also use it for stable release, thus you can start using latest release as made available by mozilla rather waiting for new rpm / deb
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