Pale Moon SSE for Linux
Posted: 2016-10-27, 18:55
Given that v27.0 release is approaching viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13499 and v27 beta 3 is very usable, it was decided to jump directly into the v27 beta 3 for the first linux SSE build. With the exception of no SSE2 support, this build attempts to be identical to the mainstream beta 3 build. The target cpus for this build are...
* Intel - Pentium 3 and Pentium3m
* AMD - Athlon-4 and Athlon-xp and Athlon-mp
* VIA - C3-2
This build will run on newer cpus, but will not get the benefit of SSE2 support that the mainstream build provides. Given the target cpus, the build is 32-bit-only.
Download Link
=============
The download link is...
ftp://contrib:get@ftp.palemoon.org/SSE-Linux/
The file name is palemoon-27.0.0b3SSE.linux-i686.tar.bz2
Installation
============
Because this is not a mainstream build, it has to be installed manually. The installation is simple, and writes to one Pale Moon directory. Given a <destination_directory> and a <palemoon_tarball>, the steps for each new version are...
download the latest <palemoon_tarball>
rm -rf <destination_directory>/palemoon
tar -C <destination_directory> -xvf <palemoon_tarball>
The first time Pale Moon is installed, you need to create a symlink to the executable. Popular destinations for installion are /opt, /usr/local, and your own home directory. /opt and /usr/local are useful for global installs. They can be run by all user accounts on the system. The global install requires root/sudo permissions, to write to /opt or /usr/local. Installing in your home directory can be done as a regular user. The installed program is only accessable by the one user.
***WARNING*** Be *VERY* careful with the "rm -rf" command. If you type in
"rm /usr/local palemoon" instead of "rm /usr/local/palemoon", you will blow away the entire /usr/local/ directory as well as the local palemoon directory, which is not what you want to do.
Some install examples. They all assume you've already downloaded the tarball
* To your home directory, assuming you're currently there (done entirely as local user)
rm -rf palemoon
tar -xvf palemoon-27.0.0b3SSE.linux-i686.tar.bz2
(next step first time only)
ln -s $PWD/palemoon/palemoon $HOME/bin/palemoon
* To /opt (root or sudo permission required)
rm -rf /opt/palemoon
tar -C /opt -xvf palemoon-27.0.0b3SSE.linux-i686.tar.bz2
(next step first time only)
ln -s /opt/palemoon/palemoon /usr/bin/palemoon
* To /usr/local (root or sudo permission required)
rm -rf /usr/local/palemoon
tar -C /usr/local -xvf palemoon-27.0.0b3SSE.linux-i686.tar.bz2
(next step first time only)
ln -s /usr/local/palemoon/palemoon /usr/bin/palemoon
If you have a desktop environment that expects to find icons in /usr/share/icons/hicolor/ you can symlink icons from the installed pale Moon. This would only have to be done on the first install. See http://linux.palemoon.org/help/installation/ for an example. Note that symlinking into /usr/share/icons/hicolor/ requires root or sudo permisssion, even if Pale Moon is installed in your home directory. I don't know if this will work, but you can try symlinking the icons to $HOME/.local/share/icons/hicolor/ instead.
* Intel - Pentium 3 and Pentium3m
* AMD - Athlon-4 and Athlon-xp and Athlon-mp
* VIA - C3-2
This build will run on newer cpus, but will not get the benefit of SSE2 support that the mainstream build provides. Given the target cpus, the build is 32-bit-only.
Download Link
=============
The download link is...
ftp://contrib:get@ftp.palemoon.org/SSE-Linux/
The file name is palemoon-27.0.0b3SSE.linux-i686.tar.bz2
Installation
============
Because this is not a mainstream build, it has to be installed manually. The installation is simple, and writes to one Pale Moon directory. Given a <destination_directory> and a <palemoon_tarball>, the steps for each new version are...
download the latest <palemoon_tarball>
rm -rf <destination_directory>/palemoon
tar -C <destination_directory> -xvf <palemoon_tarball>
The first time Pale Moon is installed, you need to create a symlink to the executable. Popular destinations for installion are /opt, /usr/local, and your own home directory. /opt and /usr/local are useful for global installs. They can be run by all user accounts on the system. The global install requires root/sudo permissions, to write to /opt or /usr/local. Installing in your home directory can be done as a regular user. The installed program is only accessable by the one user.
***WARNING*** Be *VERY* careful with the "rm -rf" command. If you type in
"rm /usr/local palemoon" instead of "rm /usr/local/palemoon", you will blow away the entire /usr/local/ directory as well as the local palemoon directory, which is not what you want to do.
Some install examples. They all assume you've already downloaded the tarball
* To your home directory, assuming you're currently there (done entirely as local user)
rm -rf palemoon
tar -xvf palemoon-27.0.0b3SSE.linux-i686.tar.bz2
(next step first time only)
ln -s $PWD/palemoon/palemoon $HOME/bin/palemoon
* To /opt (root or sudo permission required)
rm -rf /opt/palemoon
tar -C /opt -xvf palemoon-27.0.0b3SSE.linux-i686.tar.bz2
(next step first time only)
ln -s /opt/palemoon/palemoon /usr/bin/palemoon
* To /usr/local (root or sudo permission required)
rm -rf /usr/local/palemoon
tar -C /usr/local -xvf palemoon-27.0.0b3SSE.linux-i686.tar.bz2
(next step first time only)
ln -s /usr/local/palemoon/palemoon /usr/bin/palemoon
If you have a desktop environment that expects to find icons in /usr/share/icons/hicolor/ you can symlink icons from the installed pale Moon. This would only have to be done on the first install. See http://linux.palemoon.org/help/installation/ for an example. Note that symlinking into /usr/share/icons/hicolor/ requires root or sudo permisssion, even if Pale Moon is installed in your home directory. I don't know if this will work, but you can try symlinking the icons to $HOME/.local/share/icons/hicolor/ instead.