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, 4 August 2016Add LD_LIBRARY_PATH to Linux steps for Firefox 40 and above
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# Open a shell and change the working directory to the application's installation directory by using the cd command. '''Important:''' running the update from within another directory will fail to update the existing installation properly with Firefox 3.6.x and below, SeaMonkey 2.0.x and below, and Thunderbird 3.1.x and below. | # Open a shell and change the working directory to the application's installation directory by using the cd command. '''Important:''' running the update from within another directory will fail to update the existing installation properly with Firefox 3.6.x and below, SeaMonkey 2.0.x and below, and Thunderbird 3.1.x and below. | ||
# It is recommended that all instances of the application that are running on the system including those being used by other users are closed before going any further. '''Important:''' though this should never cause the update to fail there might be cases where it will and it can definitely break a running instance of the application. | # It is recommended that all instances of the application that are running on the system including those being used by other users are closed before going any further. '''Important:''' though this should never cause the update to fail there might be cases where it will and it can definitely break a running instance of the application. | ||
# For Firefox 34.x and above, SeaMonkey 2.31.x and above, or Thunderbird 34.x and above run the following from the command prompt. The additional <code><path to installation directory></code> is used by applications for update staging and when manually applying a mar the value for this command line parameter must be the path to the installation directory.<br><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; | # For Firefox 40.x and above and above run the following from the command prompt after adding the path to the existing installation directory to the '''LD_LIBRARY_PATH''' environment variable. The additional <code><path to installation directory></code> is used by applications for update staging and when manually applying a mar the value for this command line parameter must be the path to the installation directory.<br><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; | ||
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word-wrap: break-word;"><path to outside directory>/updater <path to outside directory> <path to installation directory> <path to installation directory></pre><br># For Firefox 34.x and above, SeaMonkey 2.31.x and above, or Thunderbird 34.x and above run the following from the command prompt. The additional <code><path to installation directory></code> is used by applications for update staging and when manually applying a mar the value for this command line parameter must be the path to the installation directory.<br><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; | |||
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