From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 16 23:04:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 053E316A4CE for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:04:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccimhc92.asp.att.net (sccimhc92.asp.att.net [63.240.76.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6583043D39 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:04:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@nbritton.org) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (12-223-129-46.client.insightbb.com[12.223.129.46]) by sccimhc92.asp.att.net (sccimhc92) with ESMTP id <20041216230433i92002bq0te>; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:04:34 +0000 Message-ID: <41C21480.6070506@nbritton.org> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 17:04:32 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (X11/20041203) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd@mail.gr References: <110321112702@mailserver.mail.gr> In-Reply-To: <110321112702@mailserver.mail.gr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox for FBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:04:36 -0000 freebsd@mail.gr wrote: >Hi everyone, > >Is there a Firefox version for Freebsd or must we use the one for Linux? > >thanks, >Dimitris > Yes, its in the ports system (/usr/ports) under www/firefox If you want the java plug-in I suggest you install that first, its under /java/jdk14 read my notes before you start, remember to mount linprocfs: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-newbies/2004-October/002551.html Use this to test java (link in notes has typo): http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/mosaic.loop/DS.p19r0/ar.us.conus.shtml Also this topic was hashed a few days ago here ("Status of java support in FreeBSD 5.x release?"), so look there if you need more help. After you get java and firefox installed you might want flash and acrobat plugins, for this install /www/linuxpluginwrapper