It seems that iceweasel had gstreamer support disabled in 24. Oct 31, 2015 how to use recent version of iceweasel in debian jessie by milosz galazka on october 31, 2015 and tagged with debian, jessie, software recommendation do you want to use latest version of iceweasel also known as firefox. Install iceweasel web browser in debian and ubuntu debian admin. Switch from the stable version of debian wheezy to testing or unstable. How to use recent version of iceweasel in debian wheezy. The package is severely out of date with respect to the debian policy. Now, by chance, i discovered that on this site midori can easily play the h. After uncompresing there will be a folder iceweasel version. Iceweasel iceweasel stops refreshing a metarefresh page instead of reproting a connection problem 791545 iceweasel. Many debian users put home on a separate partition allthough that shouldnt make any difference. Along with gnuzilla it is the gnu attempt to create a version of firefox which can be used by free software gnulinux and unix software distributions. Installing the latest version of iceweasel firefox on debian jessie. Do i need to do a distupgrade or has debian provided a tutorial on how to move to the new browser.
These include codecs for mp3, h264, and aac encoding and decoding. The package is described as a powerful, extensible web browser with support for modern web application technologies. I have debian 8 jessie and have read that debian has started using the firefox browser again. It is a powerful, extensible web browser with support for modern web application technologies. Then add the repository provided by debian mozilla team and choose between release, beta and aurora version.
Iceweasel is as most people said already firefox rebranded and patched with some debian specific changes. Debian user forums view topic godawful fonts in iceweasel. Jan 08, 2016 how to install firefox in debian linux. Debian details of package x264 in jessie debian packages. You can use iceweasel or firefox in a console as the names are linked. Iceweasel web browser is a fork from firefox for the purpose. Debianeeepcsoftwareproductivityiceweaselconfigurations.
It features easy mirror selection and upgrading of older images to the latest release. Install the enigmail extension, restart icedove and run the openpgp setup wizard. Debian gnu linux includes iceweasel as one of its supported internet browsers. These codecs are made available through libraries such as the libavffmpeg libraries.
I came up with a solution to play my mp4 videos under debian jessie, because. How to use recent version of iceweasel in debian jessie. I am fan of debian gnulinux wheezy and i am using three different browsers iceweasel, firefox, chrome for various reasons. You can download the requested file from the poolarm64mainiiceweasel subdirectory. In this raspberry pi firefox tutorial, we go through all the steps to getting the firefox browser installed on the pi. This package is not part of any debian distribution. Jan 10, 2005 the mozilla foundation is the keeper of a number of increasingly important projects, including the firefox web browser and the thunderbird mail client. What is the difference between iceweasel and firefox. Debian user forums view topic how shall i start iceweasel.
These programs are free software, licensed under the mozilla public license. Some of the downloaded libraries and gcc were begahing like 64 bit. Debian installer le module h264 streaming pour ligd. The package should be updated to follow the last version of debian policy standardsversion 4. Iceape was a free software internet suite based on seamonkey. Debian iceweaselfirefox flash doesnt work solutions. Copy link quote reply vonpupp commented may 26, 2015. Apr 26, 20 how to install icecat and icedove on debian 7 wheezy posted on april 26, 20 by ruchi 1 comment gnu icecat, formerly known as gnu iceweasel,is a free software rebranding of the mozilla firefox web browser distributed by the gnu project. Some of these installation images may no longer be available, or may no longer work, and you are recommended to install buster instead. This raises the question that probably led to the failure of iceweasel, which is how did your system get into this state. The chrome was working although it wasnt the preferred browser to get flash working as expected in ff and iceweasel i used the chrome flash file i found the location of the chrome plugin by opening a chrome window and checking what it has under the about. I have the screenshots of same page in iceweasel 4 and midori. And being based on debian testing, the testing version of iceweasel is often not the latest and greatest version for those looking at upstream alternatives. Do you want to use latest version of iceweasel also known as firefox.
From debianetch through debianjessie 9th june 2016, mozilla thunderbird was not available in debian with the official name or branding. How to install icecat and icedove on debian 7 wheezy posted on april 26, 20 by ruchi 1 comment gnu icecat, formerly known as gnu iceweasel,is a free software rebranding of the mozilla firefox web browser distributed by the gnu project. If you want to enable java plugin for all those three browsers, then there is a single action that can do the work for you. However, the debian mozilla team releases its own backports.
Install the archfirefoxsearchaur package to add archspecific searches aur. Media players available in debian such as vlc and mplayer make use of these libraries in order to provide support for playback of files encoded through these many different codecs. If i might ask, from what i know firefox iceweasel, icecat, tor browser, etc comes with builtin. Nov 14, 2015 the jessiebackports repository does not have the latest iceweasel builds. The short of it in 2016, iceweasel went away, and now for all of debians purposes the product is called firefox, and the package is called firefoxesr. Soon after the renaming debian also replaced mozillas unbranded logos with new logos designed to fit with the new names, drawn by ricardo fernandez fuentes. This simple tutorial shows you how to install iceweasel 17 in ubuntu.
Firefox downloads a binary of it that is free software too. Debian jessie now appears to have made the switch from iceweasel to firefox esr just updated my system, and was told to migrate iceweasel configs to the new firefoxesr package that was installed. The midori browser does not support many html features, including html5, and has stability issues with many web pages. Instead, a freesoftware version rebranded by debian, named icedove was provided. This is a transitional package, it can be safely removed. The jigdo scheme allows you to pick the fastest out of 300 debian mirrors worldwide for your download.
How to easily update firefox iceweasel in debian wheezy. Install latest iceweasel in linux mint debian edition. Dec 19, 2014 do you want to use latest version of iceweasel also known as firefox. Nov 15, 2014 debian distribution maintenance software pp. Jul 18, 2018 in this raspberry pi firefox tutorial, we go through all the steps to getting the firefox browser installed on the pi. First of all you have to install a jre, in order to have a vm environment for your browser. It was developed by the debian mozilla team in unison with the seamonkey councils work on their release, but in accordance with debians policy of only using free content, ed artwork and proprietary plugins were omitted. Also, it is the only way to download debian dvd images for all architectures. When i asked the question, this difference was not clear to me, and icecat was already running on my computer.
But it seems that iceweasel may refer to two different projects. However, although i periodically use aptget update and aptget upgrade commands, i still dont have firefox. Hello, im trying to use firebrew on debian jessie, which is shipped with iceweasel. This substantially changes the behavior of iceweasel, so this may not be. Also note this code doesnt run unless you do webrtc calls in h264.
Iceweasel needs a third party application to play h. Iceweasel is a free software derivation of the mozilla firefox web browser. This is made for historical reasons, as the icons for firefox werent open before 3. This bug is also present in iceweasel 37 from debians experimental. Fonts looks not anti aliased in iceweasel while rest of the applications including another browser i use, midori renders fonts with good cleartye effect. This tutorial is perfect if youre a fan of the browser and absolutely need it on the pi.
After two years of development, the debian project team proudly announced a few minutes ago, february 6th, the immediate availability for download of the final and stable version of the highly anticipated debian 6. Now, asking in the german ubuntuforum, someone told me thats why midori uses gstreamer while firefox does not but. To use the latest iceweasel from the debian mozilla team in lmde, check this out. The jessiebackports repository does not have the latest iceweasel builds. Download iceweasel packages for debian, mint, ubuntu. Enable java plugin in iceweasel, firefox and chrome in debian. When you download the tarball at the link and decompress it, copy as root that file to usrlibmozillaplugins to utilize it. Preferences under etciceweaselprefs will need to be copied manually to etcfirefoxesr. How to install icecat and icedove on debian 7 wheezy. Last job is to install the necessary decoder which is installed with.
Debian s first stable release to include iceweasel, icedove, and iceape was debian 4. This entry was posted in pro workstation and tagged browser, firefox on 10 february 20 by yo. Debian jessie now appears to have made the switch from. I have never tried safemode as root and it always worked. Firefox iceweasel mp4 support under debian jessie 8 ozanh. The ffmpeg package provided by debian repositories doesnt support h. Iceweasel configurations and settings for the best use of a small screen. We make use of the default operating system for the raspberry pi, raspbian.
How to use recent version of iceweasel in debian jessie by milosz galazka on october 31, 2015 and tagged with debian, jessie, software recommendation do you want to use latest version of iceweasel also known as firefox. Starting in debianstretch, the icedove package is now a transitional package for thunderbird. Debian, iceweasel, and security using the esr releases may in fact result in more stabilityat least from a security perspective aiui, in debian the word stable is not used in the sense of doesnt crash, rather its used in the sense of doesnt change. I am using iceweasel 4from experimental repo in a debian testing system. The short of it in 2016, iceweasel went away, and now for all of debian s purposes the product is called firefox, and the package is called firefoxesr. The default iceweasel rendition is a bit big and clumsy for the neat little screen of the eeepc range and others so here are some tips to get your browser to make the best use of the screen, and still be as useful as ever.
Debian, iceweasel, and security posted jun 6, 20 16. I thought that firebrew would work since iceweasel seems to be a modified firefox however it doesn. I softened the tail a bit i was looking at weasel tails and decided to make it less fluffy and removed the offside eye, which bothered me. Jul 01, 2012 i am fan of debian gnulinux wheezy and i am using three different browsers iceweasel, firefox, chrome for various reasons.
Debex barebone linux 6432 bit all three systemsdistributions are a based on upcoming debian 11. Iceweasel was built from firefox and it is fully compatible with debian. Mike hommey supplier of updated iceweasel package this message was generated automatically at their request. One is the former name of gnu icecat, the other is a debian project.