Install Firefox

Thu May 30 02:56:55 EDT 2013

On Thu, 2013-05-30 at 01:50 -0500, Jerry Vonau wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-05-30 at 12:14 +0545, Basanta Shrestha wrote:
> > # yum install firefox on XO actually downloaded new set of packages
> > listed below and firefox now works
> > 
> > (1/9): firefox-17.0.1-1.fc17.armv7hl.rpm | 25 MB 05:27 
> > (2/9): nspr-4.9.6-1.fc17.armv7hl.rpm | 94 kB 00:02 
> > (3/9): nss-3.14.3-1.fc17.armv7hl.rpm | 640 kB 00:17 
> > (4/9): nss-softokn-3.14.3-1.fc17.armv7hl.rpm | 210 kB 00:04 
> > (5/9): nss-softokn-freebl-3.14.3-1.fc17.armv7hl.rpm | 130 kB 00:01 
> > (6/9): nss-sysinit-3.14.3-1.fc17.armv7hl.rpm | 39 kB 00:00 
> > (7/9): nss-tools-3.14.3-1.fc17.armv7hl.rpm | 325 kB 00:04 
> > (8/9): nss-util-3.14.3-1.fc17.armv7hl.rpm | 53 kB 00:01 
> > (9/9): xulrunner-17.0.1-3.fc17.armv7hl.rpm | 12 MB 02:29 
> > 
> > 
> > Now, as a solution I am planning to reside these packages on the build
> > system and have olpc-os-builder install these packages during build
> > time. I do I accomplish this? 
> > 
> > 
> 
> Try enabling the fedora-updates repo in OOB, add to your repo definition
> above the olpc_frozen definition:
> 
> fedora=fedora-updates
> 
> After the build check the *package.txt file in build/output to confirm
> what was installed and maybe do a diff between an older build to gauge
> what else was changed.
> 
> Jerry
> 

Or you can download those rpms and use a custom repo definition in OOB
to have tighter control over what goes into the image.

Jerry

> 
> > On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Jerry Vonau <jvonau at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >         On Thu, 2013-05-30 at 06:50 +0100, Peter Robinson wrote:
> >         > On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 6:18 AM, Basanta Shrestha
> >         > <basanta.shrestha at olenepal.org> wrote:
> >         > > Please check my repo list at this configuration file.
> >         > > http://pastebin.ca/2384881
> >         > >
> >         > > and xulrunner and firefox version
> >         > > xulrunner-13.0-1.fc17.armv7vl
> >         > > firefox-12.0-1.fc17.armv7hl
> >         >
> >         > Firefox and xulrunner 17 are the late known good (and
> >         matching) builds
> >         > for Fedora 17, you need the major versions to be matching
> >         (so
> >         > 12/13/17) but if you were pulling in all the latest stable
> >         updates
> >         > into the build you would have matching ones AFAICT from koji
> >         so
> >         > there's some other issue.
> >         >
> >         > I'm not sure what the following lines translate to but you
> >         should
> >         > never use the koji repositories as repos as they contain all
> >         sorts of
> >         > randomly tagged bits that the release repos don't.
> >         >
> >         > olpc_frozen_1=0,koji.dist-f17-armv7hl
> >         > olpc_frozen_2=0,koji.dist-f17-armv7hl-updates-12.1.0
> >         >
> >         > Peter
> >         >
> >         
> >         
> >         Thought that was the official way of using OOB once the
> >         release enters
> >         the frozen state. Please advise.
> >         
> >         Jerry
> >         
> >         > > Thank you.
> >         > >
> >         > >
> >         > >
> >         > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Jerry Vonau
> >         <jvonau at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >         > >>
> >         > >> On Wed, 2013-05-29 at 08:08 -0600, Daniel Drake wrote:
> >         > >> > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 9:40 PM, Basanta Shrestha
> >         > >> > <basanta.shrestha at olenepal.org> wrote:
> >         > >> > > Adding firefox did install firefox but gave following
> >         error while
> >         > >> > > trying to
> >         > >> > > execute on XO:
> >         > >> > > --------------------
> >         > >> > > $ firefox
> >         > >> > > Error: Platform version '13.0' is not compatible with
> >         > >> > > minVersion >= 12.0
> >         > >> > > maxVersion <= 12.0
> >         > >> > > ---------------------
> >         > >> >
> >         > >>
> >         > >> Hi Basanta,
> >         > >>
> >         > >> Think this has something to do with firefox wanting a
> >         specific xulrunner
> >         > >> version. Can you confirm what version is installed with:
> >         rpm -q
> >         > >> xulrunner.
> >         > >>
> >         > >> I have a workaround that I used with F14 that should
> >         still work with
> >         > >> this situation. Which repos are enabled in
> >         olpc-so-builder when you
> >         > >> generate the image?
> >         > >>
> >         > >> Jerry
> >         > >>
> >         > >>
> >         > >> > Looks like an incompatibility with xulrunner, which
> >         hasn't been
> >         > >> > successfully built on F17 in a while:
> >         > >> >
> >         http://arm.koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=10131
> >         > >> > Maybe Peter has some comments.
> >         > >> >
> >         > >> > You could try an older version of firefox to match the
> >         latest (old)
> >         > >> > version of xulrunner available.
> >         > >> >
> >         > >> > Daniel
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> >         > >
> >         > >
> >         > >
> >         > > --
> >         > > Basanta Shrestha
> >         > > Network Engineer
> >         > > Open Learning Exchange (OLE) Nepal
> >         > > Tel: +977.1.5544441, 5520075 Ext. 303
> >         > > Cell: +977.9818 605110
> >         > > http://www.olenepal.org
> >         
> >         
> >         
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Basanta Shrestha
> > Network Engineer
> > Open Learning Exchange (OLE) Nepal
> > Tel: +977.1.5544441, 5520075 Ext. 303
> > Cell: +977.9818 605110
> > http://www.olenepal.org
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