Monday 15 August 2011

Install Firefox Web Browser (OpenBSD)


How do I install Mozilla Firefox which is a free and open source web browser under OpenBSD operating systems?

You can install Mozilla Firefox using the pkg_add command as follows. Open a command-line terminal. Switch to the root user by typing su - and entering the root password, when prompted. Type the following command:
# export PKG_PATH=http://ftp.plig.net/pub/OpenBSD/4.9/packages/`machine -a`/
# pkg_add -v mozilla-firefox

Sample outputs:
mozilla-firefox-3.6.13p3:nspr-4.8.7: ok
mozilla-firefox-3.6.13p3:libiconv-1.13p2: ok
mozilla-firefox-3.6.13p3:gettext-0.18.1p0: ok
mozilla-firefox-3.6.13p3:pcre-8.02p1: ok
mozilla-firefox-3.6.13p3:libgamin-0.1.10p3: ok
mozilla-firefox-3.6.13p3:glib2-2.26.1p0: ok
mozilla-firefox-3.6.13p3:desktop-file-utils-0.17: ok
mozilla-firefox-3.6.13p3:cairo-1.10.2: ok
mozilla-firefox-3.6.13p3:pango-1.28.3p2: ok
mozilla-firefox-3.6.13p3:libxml-2.7.8p1: ok
mozilla-firefox-3.6.13p3:shared-mime-info-0.80: ok
mozilla-firefox-3.6.13p3:atk-1.32.0: ok
mozilla-firefox-3.6.13p3:jasper-1.900.1p1: ok
mozilla-firefox-3.6.13p3:gdk-pixbuf-2.22.1: ok
mozilla-firefox-3.6.13p3:hicolor-icon-theme-0.12: ok
mozilla-firefox-3.6.13p3:gtk+2-2.22.1: ok
mozilla-firefox-3.6.13p3:sqlite3-3.7.4: ok
mozilla-firefox-3.6.13p3:nss-3.12.9: ok
mozilla-firefox-3.6.13p3: ok
Look in /usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes for extra documentation.
You can start Firefox using the following command or GUI menu options:
$ /usr/local/bin/firefox &

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