MikeH30

I recently downloaded Swiftfox and ran the installer.

sh install-swiftfox.sh

Swiftfox does not run on my processor (Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz) so now I want to un-install it but can't seem to.

I tried to un-install with this line of code I found in the SwiftFox Forums:

sudo apt-get remove swiftfox

This doesn't work.

Please advise.

-Mike

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devils casper

Check if there is any un-install script available for swiftfox. If there isn't any, you have to remove it manually.

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gogalthorp

Apt-get is not normally used in Suse. Suse uses the RPM system.

You might open the script in an editor it may give you clues to where things got installed.

MikeH30

Here is the script. How do I manually remove a package?

#!/bin/sh
#
# This script installs Swiftfox

# Download Swiftfox
echo " "
echo "Password required to install to /opt directory..."
echo " "
cd /opt
sudo wget http://getswiftfox.com/builds/releas...escott.tar.bz2

# Install Swiftfox
echo " "
echo "Installing Swiftfox..."

# If there is an existing swiftfox install here let's move it out of the way
sudo mv swiftfox swiftfox.old

# Extract the build
sudo tar -jxf swiftfox-3.5rc3-prescott.tar.bz2

# Search for plugins
echo " "
echo "Searching for existing plugins, errors can be safely ignored..."
sudo cp swiftfox.old/plugins/* swiftfox/plugins
sudo cp /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/* swiftfox/plugins
sudo cp /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/* swiftfox/plugins
sudo cp /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/* swiftfox/plugins
sudo cp /usr/lib/browser-plugins/* swiftfox/plugins
sudo cp /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/* swiftfox/plugins

# Make sure root owns the Swiftfox directory
sudo chown -hR root:root swiftfox

# Add link in /usr/bin
sudo ln -s /opt/swiftfox/swiftfox /usr/bin/swiftfox

# Add Swiftfox to menu
cd /usr/share/applications
sudo wget http://getswiftfox.com/builds/instal...iftfox.desktop

# Remove the downloaded tarball
sudo rm /opt/swiftfox-3.5rc3-prescott.tar.bz2

echo " "
echo "Swiftfox has been installed. Happy Surfing!"
echo " "
exit

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waterhead

You need to go back to the Swiftfox web site and download the uninstaller.

Swiftfox Installer
http://getswiftfox.com/builds/instal...ll-swiftfox.sh

Here's the contents of the uninstall-swiftfox script

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Paul

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MikeH30

Thanks Waterhead. I didn't even see that link.

-Mike

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MikeH30

# Make sure root owns the Swiftfox directory
sudo chown -hR root:root swiftfox

I am wondering if the reason I was not able to run swiftbox was due to a permissions issue - I installed it while logged in as my user "Mike"

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waterhead

That could be, but you really don't want to run Firefox as root. That would allow access to the operating system to anything evil on a web site.

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Paul

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