Install Firefox 3.04 on Debian 4.0 R5

[esteeming]

Dear All,

I am new on Linux, I installed Debian 4.0 R5 on my machine and would like to us Firefox 3.04.

I download the file from Firefox website, I put all the files under the directory \opt\firefox after the tar file decompressed.

I have below error message when tried to run the Firefox:

We're sorry, this application requires a version of the GTK+ library that is not installed on your computer.

You have GTK+ 2.8.
This application requires GTK+ 2.10 or newer.

Please upgrade your GTK+ library if you wish to use this application.

Then I download the latest stable version (2.14.5) from the website, then decompressed it under \opt directory.

I create a another directory --> mkdir \opt\gtk214
I receive below result with error message when I enter --> ./configure --prefix=/opt/gtk214:

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for native Win32... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for c++... no
checking for g++... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no
checking whether gcc accepts -g... no
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 98304
checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for ar... ar
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for g++... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... (cached) no
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) no
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp
configure: error: in `/opt/gtk2.14.5':
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
configure: creating ./config.lt
config.lt: creating libtool
checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... 64
checking for nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for some Win32 platform... no
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for library containing strerror... none required
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for pkg-config... no
checking for BASE_DEPENDENCIES... configure: error: in `/opt/gtk2.14.5':
configure: error: The pkg-config script could not be found or is too old. Make sure it
is in your PATH or set the PKG_CONFIG environment variable to the full
path to pkg-config.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables BASE_DEPENDENCIES_CFLAGS
and BASE_DEPENDENCIES_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.

Please advise how to resolve this error.

Thank you very much for your help in advance.

[bspujari]

This may be helpful:

Install Firefox 3 in Debian Etch - Linux • Screw

Something like this worked for me!

[esteeming]

Dear bspujari,

Thank you vey much for your advise given.

Tried to follow shared information, but can't resolve the GTK version problem while start up the Firefox 3.04.

May be the problem cause by pkg-config, seeking for solution on how to check it.

[bspujari]

Dear esteeming,
you do not have to configure gtk ... you just do :

dpkg-deb -x libgtk2.0-0_2.10.13-2~bpo.1_i386.deb gtk2-10

and then before starting the firefox do:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/YOUR/PATH/TO/gtk2-10/usr/lib"
./firefox (in the directory containing firefox)

Hope that will work