install from source file.

[mrchow19910319]

I am trying to install firefox China on my Xubuntu machine. 

It is a seemingly normal tar.bz2 file.

But I could not get it to be installed.

Here is some reference https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/compile-install-tar-gz-tar-bz2-files-ubuntu-linux/

 

Here are the steps I took until I hit a block.

* Prepare your system for installing from source

```bash
# https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/compile-install-tar-gz-tar-bz2-files-ubuntu-linux/

sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall

sudo apt-get install subversion git-core mercurial

# Install autoconf
sudo apt-get install autoconf

# Put all of the source code folder inside here : /usr/local/src

# Create this directory
sudo chown $USER /usr/local/src

# Gave it write access
sudo chmod u+rwx /usr/local/src

# Install apt-file for dependency issues
sudo apt-get install apt-file

# Update apt-file
sudo apt-file update

# Move your tar.gz / tar.bz2 filr to here : /usr/local/src
sudo mv <YOUR_TAR.GZ_FILE_NAME> <DESTINATION_FOLDER_PATH>

# cd into the local src folder
cd /usr/local/src

# extract the source file
tar -xzvf <filename>.tar.gz
# OR
tar -xjvf <filename>.tar.bz2

# Read the README file or INSTALL file

# cd into your software's folder
cd /usr/local/src/<extracted folder>

# Note: If your software does not have a configure file, you might want to try skipping straight to the Build & Install section of this article, though consult your INSTALL or README documentation first.

Here comes the question :

The folder DOES NOT contain any ./configure file.

 

What should I do.

[C2dan88]

Are you sure you download the source code because from that screenshot the files in /usr/local/src/firefox are already compiled. Source code will normally comes with files ending in .c .cpp .h .hpp files etc.

 

 

[mrchow19910319]

5 minutes ago, C2dan88 said:

Are you sure you download the source code because from that screenshot the files in /usr/local/src/firefox are already compiled. Source code will normally comes with files ending in .c .cpp .h .hpp files etc.

 

 

I downloaded this tar.bz2 file and inside is a folder called firefox. 

 

this is the correct file which I downloaded from Firefox China 's official website... 

[mrchow19910319]

btw the app is usable right now... 

I just don't know where to put it and how to create shortcut for it,,, im using Xubuntu 18.04... 

[C2dan88]

Then you have downloaded firefox pre-compiled and not actual source code. So that guide you linked to is no use.

 

Where you extract the app to is down to you. I think on linux the convention for pre-compiled apps is to add them to the /opt/ folder

For the OS to recognise the app you need to create a .desktop file in /usr/share/applications

https://www.maketecheasier.com/create-desktop-file-linux/

 

[mrchow19910319]

14 minutes ago, C2dan88 said:

Then you have downloaded firefox pre-compiled and not actual source code. So that guide you linked to is no use.

 

Where you extract the app to is down to you. I think on linux the convention for pre-compiled apps is to add them to the /opt/ folder

For the OS to recognise the app you need to create a .desktop file in /usr/share/applications

https://www.maketecheasier.com/create-desktop-file-linux/

 

I will try this tomorrow as right now I am heading out. Thanks for theinfo! Will let you know how it goes.

[mrchow19910319]

10 hours ago, C2dan88 said:

 

I have followed the guide but still, cannot get it to work. 

Here's my Firefox_China.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=/opt/firefox
Name=Firefox_China
Icon=/opt/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default32.png

When I tried to execute the file (I can see the app from my app list btw) it says :

Faield to execue child process "opt/firefox" (Permission Denied).. 

[mrchow19910319]

I changed the permission to read and write already...