topic title: MX-14 Symbiosis
Posts: 46
dando
Joined: 08 Mar 2014
#1
Have enjoyed using antiX 13.2 so much that i decided to install MX-14 Symbiosis onto my main machine. The install was really easy and updating the OS after re-boot was just the same. But i don't like using QupZilla although i will keep it as a backup browser. So i downloaded Firefox, but can someone tell me how i might add Firefox to the side panel and main menu please?
Posts: 9
nliter
Joined: 19 Feb 2009
#2
Hello Dando,
When you download Firefox, its icon automatically appears on the main menu (in the Internet section).
You can then slide it to the desktop and from the desktop you can also slide it to the side panel.
Cheers,
nliter
Posts: 2,238
dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#3
if your right click on firefox im the internet menu you will get add to favorites and add to panel as options. check out my youtube channel in my signature for some antix and mx vids, including cutomizing the mx panel and whsiker menu.
Posts: 46
dando
Joined: 08 Mar 2014
#4
I downloaded Firefox as a tar.bz2 file and extracted the files in the Downloads folder
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#5
Oh, ok. In MX, the metapackage-installer features Firefox has as an option, and that will get a menu entry by default.

In your Case, to get a menu entry you'll need to make a .desktop file. Here's an example.

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[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Firefox
Exec=/path/to/your/firefox/firefox
Comment=Access the Internet
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application
Icon=specifytheiconhere
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
StartupNotify=true
Just replace the exec line with the path to your firefox and the icon line with the path to an icon.

Save as firefox.desktop and put this file in /usr/share/applications. If you use the info in my example, the Firefox should show up in the MX menu under Internet. You may need to log out and log back in to get an icon though in the whisker menu. Sometimes its a little flakey.

Once you have the .desktop file in place, all the drag and drop features from the MX menu or the XFCE Application Finder (Alt+F3 shortcut by default) should work.
Posts: 46
dando
Joined: 08 Mar 2014
#6
Hi dolphin_oracle
Have done as you suggested and i also had to change the 'ownership' and 'group ownership' to 'root' but that was no problem. I re-booted the machine and when i opened the Whisker menu under 'Internet' there was a new entry for Firefox but no icon. When i clicked on the Firefox link i got the following output:

Failed to execute command /home/dando/Downloads? That is the correct path so what have i done wrong?
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#7
can you post the contents of your .desktop file. I suspect a typo somewhere.

**edit**

Here's a copy of one I set up, just to see if the method would work, for reference.

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[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Firefox
Exec=/home/dolphin/Downloads/firefox/firefox
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application
Icon=browser
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
StartupNotify=true
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dando
Joined: 08 Mar 2014
#8
Hi dolphin_oracle
Have to say you're a real gent! For all the help and advice so freely given.
Thank you very much buddy.
Posts: 2,238
dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#9
no problem dando. A lot of people helped me early on, and its good to be able to give back when I can.

Did you get your .desktop file figured out?
Posts: 46
dando
Joined: 08 Mar 2014
#10
Yes young fella. But it was all thanks to you. Diolch