Firefox KDE Integration Kubuntu 13.04?

[wrender]

What is the word on the proper way to install Firefox with KDE integration for Kubuntu 13.04 these days?

[Rainmaker]

This is the only way I know.
https://launchpad.net/~blue-shell/+archive/firefox-kde

[wrender]

Thanks!

For anyone who needs it quickly here is the commands to have a proper firefox install for Kubuntu with Java, Vlc and Flash pluggin

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:blue-shell/firefox-kde
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox firefox-kde-support

echo -e 'Package: *' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/blue-shell-firefox > /dev/null
echo -e 'Pin: release o=LP-PPA-blue-shell-firefox-kde' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/blue-shell-firefox > /dev/null
echo -e 'Pin-Priority: 1000' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/blue-shell-firefox > /dev/null

sudo apt-get install vlc browser-plugin-vlc

sudo apt-get install default-jre icedtea-plugin

sudo apt-get install adobe-flash-plugin adobe-flash-properties-kde

[dmeyer]

Thanks!

For anyone who needs it quickly here is the commands to have a proper firefox install for Kubuntu with Java, Vlc and Flash pluggin

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:blue-shell/firefox-kde
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox firefox-kde-support

echo -e 'Package: *' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/blue-shell-firefox > /dev/null
echo -e 'Pin: release o=LP-PPA-blue-shell-firefox-kde' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/blue-shell-firefox > /dev/null
echo -e 'Pin-Priority: 1000' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/blue-shell-firefox > /dev/null

sudo apt-get install vlc browser-plugin-vlc

sudo apt-get install default-jre icedtea-plugin

sudo apt-get install adobe-flash-plugin adobe-flash-properties-kde

And don't forget to disable java once you have it installed! Java in the browser is honestly just too dangerous! Avoid it! Only run it when you absolutely need it.

[HalationEffect]

And don't forget to disable java once you have it installed! Java in the browser is honestly just too dangerous! Avoid it! Only run it when you absolutely need it.

Agreed. Having Java in your browser is roughly equivalent to going out, leaving your house unlocked, then posting an ad on Craigslist stating your address and saying "House clearance! Come and help yourself!".

If you must have Java in your browser, use Firefox with the NoScript add-on, then use it to whitelist only those sites that you wish to allow Java applets to run from.

[wrender]

Is it really that dangerous to be running IcedTea/OpenJDK in Firefox on Linux? The intensity of response makes it sound like I am running Oracle Java in IE on Windoze.


ps. I have no proper knowledge regarding this subject matter and would like to understand it better.

[dmeyer]

Is it really that dangerous to be running IcedTea/OpenJDK in Firefox on Linux? The intensity of response makes it sound like I am running Oracle Java in IE on Windoze.


ps. I have no proper knowledge regarding this subject matter and would like to understand it better.

They are based on essentially the same code base. Either way, the open source version is really no safer. Java is flawed in whatever implementation it is.

[HalationEffect]

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/01/w...-java-exploit/

Experts have found that this flaw in Java 7 can be exploited to foist malware on Mac and Linux systems, in addition to Microsoft Windows machines.

[Shimapan]

Installing the blueshell Firefox is one of the first things on my list

sudo apt-get install adobe-flash-plugin adobe-flash-properties-kde

I'm not seeing either in the default repositories... there's only flashplugin-installer. Trying it out, it installs a working Flash plugin for Firefox, but I would like to have the configuration options in systemsettings as well.
Do I need an extra repository for them?

And don't forget to disable java once you have it installed! Java in the browser is honestly just too dangerous! Avoid it! Only run it when you absolutely need it.

Much better yet, don't install that retarded Java garbage in the first place!

[SteveRiley]

Do I need an extra repository for them?

Enable the Partner repository. But you'll have to change the release for this repository from Raring to Quantal. I do that by hand-editing /etc/apt/sources.list:

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
[COLOR="#FF0000"]#[/COLOR] deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu raring partner
[COLOR="#FF0000"]#[/COLOR] deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu raring partner
[COLOR="#FF0000"]deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner[/COLOR]
[COLOR="#FF0000"]deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner[/COLOR]

[Shimapan]

Enable the Partner repository. But you'll have to change the release for this repository from Raring to Quantal. I do that by hand-editing /etc/apt/sources.list:

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
[COLOR="#FF0000"]#[/COLOR] deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu raring partner
[COLOR="#FF0000"]#[/COLOR] deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu raring partner
[COLOR="#FF0000"]deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner[/COLOR]
[COLOR="#FF0000"]deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner[/COLOR]

I had the Partner repository already enabled, but it's not in Raring yet.
Thanks, got them now.

[snerk]

dont forget http://oxygenkde.altervista.org/

[wrender]

I never fully understood what the purpose of using the oxygen theme for Firefox doesnt' the whole qtGTK make it already look like it is KDEish?

[SteveRiley]

Firefox is built with its own widget toolkit called XUL, which has some Gtk+ integration. But the Oxygen-Gtk theme in KDE doesn't apply itself to Firefox. So that alternate theme from Altervista is designed to look like Oxygen as much as possible.

[Ganton]

Installing Firefox (with good, KDE dialogues and so on)

For anyone who needs it quickly here is the commands to have a proper firefox install for Kubuntu...

Nice! Thanks! There is a "but", though. I recently tried that concrete method and I saw my system trying to download

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates/main firefox amd64 21.0+build2-0ubuntu0.13.04.2 [25,8 MB]

that is to say, Firefox 21 (Gtk based build), instead of Firefox (KDE based build).

Let's note that in

https://launchpad.net/~blue-shell/+archive/firefox-kde

it was written

firefox 20.0+build1-0ubuntu2~ppa1~raring1 (Newer version available)

with that "Newer version available" warning.

In other words, when I executed those lines

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:blue-shell/firefox-kde
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox firefox-kde-support

it tried to install Firefox 21 (Gtk based build).

I started again, but first I executed the other parts.
In other words, what I executed was

echo -e 'Package: *' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/blue-shell-firefox > /dev/null
echo -e 'Pin: release o=LP-PPA-blue-shell-firefox-kde' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/blue-shell-firefox > /dev/null
echo -e 'Pin-Priority: 1000' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/blue-shell-firefox > /dev/null

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:blue-shell/firefox-kde
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox firefox-kde-support

and then it worked as expected.
It installed Firefox 20 (KDE based build, with good, KDE dialogues and so on), even if Firefox 21 (Gtk based build) existed.