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Old 12th June 2008
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Originally Posted by aleunix View Post
I would like using firefox 3 (when it will be stable).
Once Linux binaries are available, you can attempt to use them on OpenBSD, however, you should study Section 9.4 of the FAQ:

http://openbsd.org/faq/faq9.html#Interact

...along with manpage to compat_linux(8) first.

If you cannot wait for an official package/port to be made, you can attempt to port Firefox yourself, however, be aware that porting can range from trivial to complex. You take on the responsibility of making the application conform to OpenBSD's filesystem layout yourself (see the manpage for hier(7) for more information...), & any & all libraries which do not resolve on OpenBSD become your responsibility to fix. You may want to look at the patches found in OpenBSD's ports tree to gauge what work is required to port Firefox yourself.
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