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Hey guys I'm trying to install an older version of firefox via arch build system.
I have synced ABS and copied the firefox folder to my home directory.
I went into the PKGBUILD and modified the version from 5.0 to 4.0
I ran the command makepkg -g PKGBUILD
But I keep getting this
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2011-07-07 06:29:00 ERROR 404: Not Found.
==> ERROR: Failure while downloading firefox-4.0.source.tar.bz2
Aborting...
This is my first time using ABS, and I think this error means the file doesn't exist for the given website?
So could someone direct me of how I would obtain firefox 4.0?
I also tried version 3.6 but I got the same error.
Thanks.
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you cannot just change the version number and expect it to be available. Maybe the location url was changed completely between versions.
Try the ARM and get the PKGBUILD for 4.0
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
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http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla … /releases/
like you see 4.0 is nowhere, 3.6 nowhere but 3.6.18 is there
Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.
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Ok thank you for the help I am attempting to donwload 3.6.18
First error I got when i ran makepkg -s was that a directory didn't exist.
So I created one, now is another error that I don't understand which is
Starting build()...
can't find file to patch at input line 3
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
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|--- mozilla/browser/app/profile/firefox.js.lang 2005-01-13 15:32:03.509282726 +0100
|+++ mozilla/browser/app/profile/firefox.js 2005-01-13 15:33:40.220914789 +0100
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File to patch:
Skip this patch? [y] y
Skipping patch.
1 out of 1 hunk ignored
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
Aborting...
What is this telling me?
I had a newer version of firefox previously but I pacman -Rsn it already.
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What are you trying to do? Use a FF5.0 PKGBUILD to build 3.6.18 ?
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
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comment out the patch line. is not needed . i want to inform you that you won't manage to compile it cleanly without patching the sources for various problems, like libnotify.
Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.
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What are you trying to do? Use a FF5.0 PKGBUILD to build 3.6.18 ?
Hahaha no no, I hope not.
I first modified the version number of the PKGBUILD to 3.6.18
I ran the command makepkg -g >> PKGBUILD
This gave me a firefox-3.6.18.source.tar.bz2 file, and made the correct md5sum.
Now I ran makepkg -s
And I got the output that I stated above.
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comment out the patch line. is not needed . i want to inform you that you won't manage to compile it cleanly without patching the sources for various problems, like libnotify.
Ok I keep stumbling to problems even after commenting out.
So I'm wondering if there is an easier method to getting the odler version of firefox.
Sadly, I've been trying to run tor + polipo ,but it hasn't been working out. And I think torbutton could be at fault, as well as the new version of firefox.
So I decided to give ABS a try, but maybe I should try it for a new pkg rather than an old one to learn.
sed: can't read browser/base/content/browser.xul: No such file or directory
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
Means I have to create that directory right?
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remove that sed line, is not needed for that particular version
Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.
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wonder thank you very much for the continuous help.
After that commenting out the sed i realize there was more than one to comment out.
When I got an error on specific lines I commented them out.
But there are continuous error and i feel like the end result won't work or be really buggy.
So instead, I have a question on how to delete firefox as its entirety.
Because even after pacman -Rsn when I re-download firefox with pacman all my previous settings are saved.
How can I delete everything to do with firefox completely off my computer so I can do a fresh install?
Thanks again for the assistance.
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rm -r .mozilla/firefox
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This isn't a solution, but trying to use the ABS to build an old version of something is asking for trouble.
It's out of date (obviously!), but you could try this from the AUR - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=47657
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