{"id":853,"date":"2012-09-29T16:27:17","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T16:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/?p=853"},"modified":"2012-09-29T16:35:36","modified_gmt":"2012-09-29T16:35:36","slug":"install-firefox-15-0-1-with-flash-and-java-support-on-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/?p=853","title":{"rendered":"Install firefox 15.0.1 with flash and java support on linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

This blog describes how I installed firefox 15.0.1 with java jre-7u7 and flash 11.2 on a CentOS 5.8 host. None of the installation commands were distro specific so it should work on any linux system.<\/p>\n

This technique allows you to test different versions of firefox\/java\/flash without interfering with your system defaults. It also allows you to install a centralized version that can be shared by other users.
\n<\/p>\n

The basic steps are:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Create a working directory.<\/li>\n
  2. Download the archives.<\/li>\n
  3. Install.<\/li>\n
  4. Create a run script.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Here are the steps in detail
    \n[crayon lang=”bash” toolbar=”always” title=”Setup firefox, java and flash”]
    \n#!\/bin\/bash
    \n# Install firefox, java and flash in this directory for testing.<\/p>\n

    # ========================================================
    \n# Step 1. Create the local directory.
    \n# ========================================================
    \numask 0
    \nmkdir ~\/work\/firefox-15.0.1
    \ncd ~\/work\/firefox-15.0.1
    \nmedir=$(readlink -f .)<\/p>\n

    # ========================================================
    \n# Step 2. Download the archives.
    \n# 1. firefox 15.0.1
    \n# 2. java jre-7u7
    \n# 3. flash 11.2
    \n# ========================================================
    \nmkdir repo
    \npushd repo
    \nwget http:\/\/releases.mozilla.org\/pub\/mozilla.org\/firefox\/releases\/15.0.1\/linux-x86_64\/en-US\/firefox-15.0.1.tar.bz2
    \nwget javadl.sun.com\/webapps\/download\/AutoDL?BundleId=68236 -O jre-7u7-linux-x64.tar.gz
    \nwget http:\/\/fpdownload.macromedia.com\/get\/flashplayer\/pdc\/11.2.202.238\/install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
    \npopd<\/p>\n

    # ========================================================
    \n# Step 3. Install in the rtf (release-to-field) directory.
    \n# ========================================================
    \nmkdir rtf
    \npushd rtf
    \ntar jxf ..\/repo\/firefox-15.0.1.tar.bz2
    \ntar zxf ..\/repo\/jre-7u7-linux-x64.tar.gz
    \nmkdir -p firefox\/plugins
    \npushd firefox\/plugins<\/p>\n

    # This installs the flash plugin. Note that you don’t need the
    \n# usr directory.
    \ntar zxf $medir\/repo\/install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz<\/p>\n

    # This installs the java plugin.
    \nln -s $medir\/rtf\/jre1.7.0_07\/lib\/amd64\/libnpjp2.so .
    \npopd
    \npopd<\/p>\n

    # ========================================================
    \n# Step 4. Create a run script.
    \n# ========================================================
    \ncat >rtf\/run.sh <here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This blog describes how I installed firefox 15.0.1 with java jre-7u7 and flash 11.2 on a CentOS 5.8 host. None of the installation commands were distro specific so it should work on any linux system. This technique allows you to test different versions of firefox\/java\/flash without interfering with your system defaults. It also allows you … Continue reading Install firefox 15.0.1 with flash and java support on linux<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[16],"tags":[29,31,30,32],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=853"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":859,"href":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853\/revisions\/859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}