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i installed firefox 4 and downloaded firefox 3.6 because molybdenum is not available for ff4!



firefox 3.6 is located /usr/local/share/firefox-36/firefox (only root can run ff3.6).



if the user "peter" goes to /usr/local/share/firefox-36/ and run firefox, firefox 4 startsup instead of firefox 3.6!



Is there any workaround to start ff36 as "peter"?




  • EDIT:



If i use --debug this get prited to console



peter@muhahaha:/usr/local/share/firefox-36$ ./firefox --debug
./run-mozilla.sh -g ./firefox-bin
MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=.
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:./plugins:.
DISPLAY=:0.0
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:.
LIBRARY_PATH=.:./components:.
SHLIB_PATH=.:.
LIBPATH=.:.
ADDON_PATH=.
MOZ_PROGRAM=./firefox-bin
MOZ_TOOLKIT=
moz_debug=1
moz_debugger=
/usr/bin/gdb --args ./firefox-bin
GNU gdb (Ubuntu/Linaro 7.2-1ubuntu11) 7.2
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For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>...
Reading symbols from /usr/local/share/firefox-36/firefox-bin...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
(gdb)



  • Update:
    A few days later the versions switched: i can start ff4 only as root, users always start ff36 now!


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Firefox usually check for compatibility as standard procedure when installing new plugins, you can disable this by using an add-on like https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/?src=api or using the appropriate flag under about:config .



Running 2 different versions of Firefox can lead to unwanted behaviours or worst to the loss of your personal data.


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