Firefox Html Validator on Ubuntu Gutsy
by Will Bond - October 12, 2007 / 10:10am
Recently here at work I took the plunge. I downloaded the beta version of Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon…gosh they have awesome names) and installed it on my workstation. Yes, it took me a little while to really get settled. Yes, I do boot up my old Windows XP install inside of VMWare in case I forgot something.
The reason I recently switched is because Wine has made some great improvements. Version 0.9.46 supports installing, activating and running Adobe Photoshop CS2. Also, my editor, PHPEd, is fully functioning. Granted, Photoshop CS2 is not running perfectly, but I don't spend too much time in there, and I know the remaining bugs will be fixed soon.
Anyway, back to Ubuntu. The only real snag I hit along the way was that the Html Validator extension for Firefox won’t install properly. First you get errors about libstdc++ not being found. I ran sudo apt-get install libstdc++5. This removed the first error, however another error appeared. Not only was I getting an error for the extension, but my back and forward buttons stopped working.
After a bit of forum reading, I downloaded the Ubuntu source for Firefox 2.0.0.6 and started bug fixing and compiling. About an hour or so later I came up with a working .xpi file.
To save anyone else from having to do this, here is a link to download the Html Validator Firefox extension v0.841 for Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon.
The reason I recently switched is because Wine has made some great improvements. Version 0.9.46 supports installing, activating and running Adobe Photoshop CS2. Also, my editor, PHPEd, is fully functioning. Granted, Photoshop CS2 is not running perfectly, but I don't spend too much time in there, and I know the remaining bugs will be fixed soon.
Anyway, back to Ubuntu. The only real snag I hit along the way was that the Html Validator extension for Firefox won’t install properly. First you get errors about libstdc++ not being found. I ran sudo apt-get install libstdc++5. This removed the first error, however another error appeared. Not only was I getting an error for the extension, but my back and forward buttons stopped working.
After a bit of forum reading, I downloaded the Ubuntu source for Firefox 2.0.0.6 and started bug fixing and compiling. About an hour or so later I came up with a working .xpi file.
To save anyone else from having to do this, here is a link to download the Html Validator Firefox extension v0.841 for Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon.
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Austrian greets :P
Markus
Just awesome. Thank you :)
The maintainer of the HTML Validator does produce a version for Linux that works with the official Mozilla builds of Firefox. I believe the issue comes from the fact that Ubuntu customizes Firefox.
Also, the fixes I implemented came from a thread where the maintainer was actively helping solve the issue. I think he knows there are issues, it is just that Ubuntu is maintaining a different code tree.
Probably the best solution would be to get the HTML Validator maintained as an Ubuntu package. For that to happen someone needs to volunteer to maintain it.
You should consider a donate button ;)
If you read my comment above, you will notice that this version works with the customizations to Firefox specific to Ubuntu.
@Everyone
For anyone just coming to this page, be sure to try the latest official build from http://users.skynet.be/mgueury/mozilla/download.html. It has been updated three times since I released this, so the compatibility issues may not exist anymore.