Re: [orca-list] Direct download link for firefox 24 for 64 bit ubuntu 13.4?

[Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>]

Another option is Chrome with Chromevox. This gives you another browsing 
option if anything should happen to Orca or Firefox or your text based 
browsing options.


On 11/07/2013 12:50 AM, Rusty Perez wrote:
> Thank you guys so much.
> I really appreciate the help. I feel like a complete dweeb being
> dependant on the net and the browser so much that I can't effectively
> get certain things done. So, I appreciate your help.
> This makes me want to get to know linx or links, or what ever that
> text based browser is. :-)
>
> Anyway, I'll check out both of these options!
>
> Rusty
>
> On 11/6/13, am_dxer fastmail fm <am_dxer fastmail fm> wrote:
> > The firefox is precompiled. In the directory, there is a file called
> > firefox that you can just run. I think the best way to use this package
> > would be to extract it to your home directory and run it from there.
> > This package may complain about missing libraries. I am not very
> > familiar with debian based systems but I did a google search and  found
> > a tool called apt-file which may help you install missing libraries if
> > you run into that problem. From its man page, it looks like you first
> > would run apt-file update to update package metadata for this program.
> > Then you would run apt-file search followed by the file name of the
> > missing library. Descriptions of this program state that it will return
> > the package name that the library was found in. When you have this info,
> > you could install the missing lib packages in the usual way.
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013, at 08:44 PM, Rusty Perez wrote:
> > > Hi DXer,
> > > Well, I downloaded that, but I'm not sure what to do with it. It isn't
> > > a .deb package I don't think, and there's no make file in there.
> > > So, I completely admit that I may not know what I'm doing, but I don't
> > > know what to do with that archive.
> > >
> > > Thanks so much tough for finding it though!
> > > I'm sortof at a standstill here and kindof frustrating.
> > > You can bet that I will set my next installation of ubuntu not to
> > > update packages! :-)
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Rusty
> > >
> > >
> > > On 11/6/13, am_dxer fastmail fm <am_dxer fastmail fm> wrote:
> > > > Here is a link to a firefox 24 built by mozilla. I have no idea if this
> > > > will work for you as I don't run ubuntu but its worth a shot.
> > > > https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-24.1.0esr&os=linux&lang=en-US
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Nov 5, 2013, at 11:14 PM, Rusty Perez wrote:
> > > > > Hi folks,
> > > > > I'm having trouble finding a download of a .dev file to roll back my
> > > > > firefox. Part of this is because I can't navigate web pages very well
> > > > > the way things stand.
> > > > > So, any help at all would be very much appreciated.
> > > > > I'm running ubuntu 13.4 64 bit.
> > > > > If you have another suggestion for me, I completely open!
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > Rusty
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