[CentOS] Installing old version of firefox

[Thomas Eriksson]

On 11/14/2014 12:22 PM, Larry Martell wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Thomas Eriksson
> <thomas.eriksson at slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
>> On 11/14/2014 12:11 PM, Larry Martell wrote:
>>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Thomas Eriksson
>>> <thomas.eriksson at slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
>>>> On 11/14/2014 12:02 PM, Larry Martell wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Thomas Eriksson
>>>>> <thomas.eriksson at slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
>>>>>> On 11/14/2014 11:46 AM, Larry Martell wrote:
>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Thomas Eriksson
>>>>>>> <thomas.eriksson at slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 11/14/2014 10:02 AM, Larry Martell wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I need to install firefox version 24.3.0 on centos version 6.5. Anyone
>>>>>>>>> know how I can do that? I tried downloading that version directly and
>>>>>>>>> it fails with:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/local/lib64/firefox/libxul.so:
>>>>>>>>> libXrender.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>>>>>>>>> Couldn't load XPCOM.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Get the version you want at ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/
>>>>>>>> Runs from from the untarred directory without any problems.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I did that and I got the error above.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you have libXrender installed?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes.
>>>
>>>> Try doing a 'ldd /usr/local/lib64/firefox/libxul.so'
>>>> Should give you some hints.
>>>
>>> # ldd /usr/local/lib64/firefox/libxul.so
>>>         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0x00cb7000)
>>>         libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x003c3000)
>>>         libsmime3.so => not found
>> ...
>>>         libssl3.so => not found
>>>         libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0x003f4000)
>>>         libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0x0038c000)
>>>
>>> These libs exist, just not where it's looking for them apparently.
>>
>>
>> Perhaps you downloaded the wrong arch (i386/x86_64)
> 
> I first downloaded i686, and then x86_64. Got the same error with both.
> 

Well, the example you gave is a 32bit library, it picks up shared
libraries from /usr/lib and not from /usr/lib64

Check with the file command that you really have installed the
version you think you have.