Compsoc provide applications for Windows users, served from compsoc1.
The most used is Mozilla Firefox.
- How to update Mozilla Firefox on compsoc1
1) First, login to compsoc1. su to root.
2)
Now, folders.
/u1/sharedapps/ -- Shared applications directory (\\compsoc1\apps) /u1/sharedapps-old/ -- Older versions of software (not pubically viewable)
I (drb8) have created the -old folder just in case new versions break, etc.
3) The update procedure
First, go to /u1/sharedapps/.
4)
Now, you'll need to download the Windows version of Firefox, and install it on a public PC. I generally install this to my raptor or dodo userspace (since you have 200MB of space there). Then copy that folder to compsoc1, into your home directory. Then on compsoc1:
cp /home/cut/drb8/firefox_install /u1/sharedapps/firefox-new/
Now you'll need to change the permissions:
chown root firefox-new/ chgrp staff firefox-new/ chmod -R 755 firefox-new/
5)
Configure Firefox! Firefox needs to be tweaked so as to not destroy (horribly) Public PC profiles. Edit this file:
firefoxinstall/greprefs/all.js
You'll need to add or edit to change lines to look like this:
pref("network.proxy.type", 4); pref("browser.cache.disk.enable", false); pref("browser.cache.disk.capacity", 0);
For new users (or people with a new firefox profile) its also worth changing firefoxinstall/defaults/pref/firefox.js:
pref("browser.cache.disk.capacity", 0); pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false); // To fix a bug where it keeps asking to be your default browser