[Sugar-devel] Install Firefox
Basanta Shrestha
basanta.shrestha at olenepal.org
Thu Jun 6 05:21:05 EDT 2013
Hi Jerry this is just for the record on the list.
It worked. Thank you very much. I now have firefox working. Now I need to
make adobe_flash to work with it.
-basanta
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Jerry Vonau <jvonau at shaw.ca> wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-06-03 at 14:29 +0545, Basanta Shrestha wrote:
> > It was "reading" repository information from file:///root/local but
> > packages were not installed.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Basanta Shrestha
> > <basanta.shrestha at olenepal.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Basanta Shrestha
> > <basanta.shrestha at olenepal.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 12:40 AM, Jerry Vonau
> > <jvonau at shaw.ca> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2013-05-31 at 11:14 +0545, Basanta
> > Shrestha wrote:
> > > Adding fedora=fedora_update and rebuilding
> > didn't work.
> > >
> > >
> > > Jerry, As you suggested it installed all the
> > required newer
> > > firefox,xulrunner and nss... packages but
> > the resulting image couldn't
> > > boot the XO. Now I am going for your second
> > suggestion. I have created
> > > a local repo for firefox, xulrunner and
> > other dependencies( 9
> > > altogether) . Could you please check if the
> > entries are right?
> > >
> >
> >
> > Well I'm surprised that I'm the only one to
> > answer this, I gave the
> > others ample time to respond.
> >
> > yes, looks like no one takes pride on answering simple
> > questions ;)
> >
> > >
> > > /root/local/.repo
> > >
> >
> > Where did you download the rpms to? Was it
> > "/root/local/"?
> > Did you run "createrepo /root/local/"?
> >
> >
> > yes to /root/local/ and I have done createrepo.
> >
> > >
> > > ------------------
> > > [local]
> > > name=firefox-xulrunner local
> > > baseurl=file:///root/local/
> > > gpgcheck=0
> > > enabled=1
> > > ------------------
> > >
> >
> >
> > I don't understand, what are you doing with
> > the above code?
> >
> > >
> > > olpc-os-12.1.0-xo1.75.ini
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Right below [repos] section
> > >
> > >
> > > ----------------------
> > > [custom_repo]
> > > local=1,firefox,file:///root/local/
> > > ----------------------
> > >
> >
> >
> > No, don't do that, you have to use the OOB
> > method of naming the repos in
> > [repos].
> >
> >
> > I was following this
> > documentation
> http://cainmanor.com/tech/build-a-custom-repository-for-centos/ and they
> had this extra step to create .repo file. so .
> >
> > [repos]
> > fedora_arch=i386
> > olpc_frozen_1=0,koji.dist-f17-i686
> > olpc_frozen_2=0,koji.dist-f17-i686-updates-12.1.0
> > olpc_frozen_3=1,local.12.1.0
> > olpc_frozen_4=1,local.12.1.0-xo1.5
> > custom_repo_1=0,firefox,file:///root/local/
> >
> add_excludes_to=koji.dist-f17-i686,koji.dist-f17-i686-updates-12.1.0
> >
> > When you run osbuilder.py, early into the
> > routine you can see the repos
> > being contacted, check to see if your new one
> > is being used or there is
> > an error present.
> >
> >
> > The repo seems to be working now it is retrieving
> > packages form local repo.
> > Thanks Jerry you have been a great help for me.
> >
> >
> > Well it was trying to retrieving from file://root/local but it
> > didn't install any package. Wonder what is wrong.
>
> Just like you used yum to install firefox in the field, did you ask OOB
> to install firefox? In your ini file you need to use:
>
> [custom_packages]
> add_packages=firefox
>
> Jerry
>
>
> >
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:37 AM, Jerry Vonau
> > <jvonau at shaw.ca> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2013-05-30 at 15:22 +0100,
> > Peter Robinson wrote:
> > > > On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:09 PM,
> > Daniel Drake
> > > <dsd at laptop.org> wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:50
> > PM, Peter Robinson
> > > <pbrobinson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >> 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.
> > > > >
> > > > > Ah yes, you are right, the
> > latest available versions on
> > > koji are
> > > > > matching (v17) and built OK. I
> > didn't spot them in the
> > > mass of failed
> > > > > builds. So the Fedora situation
> > is OK.
> > > > >
> > > > >> 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
> > > > >
> > > > > Don't worry, these are not the
> > koji repos you are thinking
> > > of. They
> > > > > are OLPC's frozen versions of
> > fedora repos from the
> > > release's freeze
> > > > > date and are not directly from
> > koji - really we should
> > > change the
> > > > > naming scheme.
> > > > >
> > > > > And this is the cause of the
> > problem - upon release freeze
> > > date, the
> > > > > firefox/xulrunner situation was
> > in inconsistent state;
> > > this problem
> > > > > has been frozen in our repos.
> > > > >
> > > > > Basanta, I would advise against
> > adding the official
> > > fedora-updates
> > > > > repo into your build as has been
> > suggested in this thread
> > > - while this
> > > > > will result in a well matched
> > firefox/xulrunner
> > > combination, it will
> > > > > bring in a lot of untested
> > package updates that were not
> > > part of the
> > > > > release and have probably not
> > been tested on OLPC XO.
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > That is why later in the thread I
> > suggested to download what
> > > yum
> > > installed on the XO, then create and
> > use a custom repo for
> > > OOB.
> > >
> > > > > Instead, create a local repo
> > with these 2 packages and add
> > > it to your
> > > > > build config:
> > > > >
> > >
> >
> http://arm.koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=109570
> > > > >
> > >
> >
> http://arm.koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=116355
> > > >
> > > > It will need newer nss*/nspr
> > builds too.
> > > >
> > > > Peter
> > >
> > >
> > > Jerry
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > 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
>
>
>
--
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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