Shell Scripting to be done for verifying the software version and also not to update
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@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller Yes.I am looking to see only the right version.
How do you plan to look for other versions?
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@scottalanmiller In my test machine the firefox updated automatically to 38 version.This was happened after stopping updates at GUI of the firefox.So only I am trying to remove the other version from the system.
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@Lakshmana said:
.I define the right version is there by comparing the version present at the path where the software is present.
That's an odd definition. Doesn't really match what you state that you want to do. Presumably if there were multiple versions or different versions present they would be at different paths.
This implies the opposite of wanting to know if there are multiple versions.
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@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller In my test machine the firefox updated automatically to 38 version.This was happened after stopping updates at GUI of the firefox.So only I am trying to remove the other version from the system.
Did it change the path?
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@scottalanmiller No the path was not changed.
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@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller No the path was not changed.
Okay, so if the goal is to make sure that the binary at the one specific path has not changed versions is a bit more clear of a goal.
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@scottalanmiller I went through the same set of instructions that he used. And when you run the Firefox v31 binary, it automatically updates to the latest version (although I did not run the application as root, so I am uncertain how it did this, lol).
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@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller I went through the same set of instructions that he used. And when you run the Firefox v31 binary, it automatically updates to the latest version (although I did not run the application as root, so I am uncertain how it did this, lol).
Likely it does not install as root or it does not set root only permissions for updating.
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I understand the updating issue and why he needs to stop that and monitor it. It's how does he want to deal with lots of other issues like people downloading their own Firefox or running other instances. That's where the questions are.
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@scottalanmiller In my VM, I extracted a firefox-31.tar.bz2 and moved it to /opt/firefox ... and then as my normal user, I ran firefox, and it updated anyhow.
But I found there is a setting in the channel-prefs.js file you can add to disable the automatic update.
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@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller In my VM, I extracted a firefox-31.tar.bz2 and moved it to /opt/firefox ... and then as my normal user, I ran firefox, and it updated anyhow.
But I found there is a setting in the channel-prefs.js file you can add to disable the automatic update.
Yup, he had determined that you could do that, I believe. Now he is just required to monitor it too.
You could also use the filesystem to stop updates as well.
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My firefox opens only 31 version but the GUI of the mozilla firefox is not available and I need to go to terminal to open the mozilla.Why?
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@Lakshmana said:
My firefox opens only 31 version but the GUI of the mozilla firefox is not available and I need to go to terminal to open the mozilla.Why?
That's really a new question and not related to the original. I would open a new thread for that.
Is the issue as simple as you don't have an icon for it? How have you tried starting from the GUI?
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@Lakshmana said:
My firefox opens only 31 version but the GUI of the mozilla firefox is not available and I need to go to terminal to open the mozilla.Why?
This is because you're running a version you didn't install via apt-get. You'd have to put all the right executables in the right places manually for this.
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@handsofqwerty how to do that
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@Lakshmana said:
@handsofqwerty how to do that
Try copying the Firefox binary to /usr/bin. You might need to make a shortcut for it manually in Ubuntu.
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Here is a good explanation of the Linux directory structure:
http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/09/linux-file-system-structure/ -
The desktop is going to need a specific link. Not sure how Ubuntu does this and it will vary by the desktop that you have chosen. But it might be something really simple like just making a symlink to the right folder.
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@scottalanmiller said:
The desktop is going to need a specific link. Not sure how Ubuntu does this and it will vary by the desktop that you have chosen. But it might be something really simple like just making a symlink to the right folder.
Yeah, that's all I think should be necessary. I haven't used Ubuntu Desktop in years. I've been exclusively CLI for a few years now.
