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It’s been a while since I’ve blogged about the Flock Browser, and after checking it out today I thought it was time for an update here at Ubuntu Tutorials. For all of you that are addicted to all of the social networking sites (Digg, Twitter, Facebook, del.icio.us, Flickr, etc) you get an integrated-into-the-browser experience with the Flock Browser. Follow the steps below and give ‘er a try:
Install Flock Browser v1.2 on Ubuntu 8.04
Unfortunately there are no .deb packages for the Flock Browser so you’ll have to install things manually. Yes, this’ll require some commands at the terminal. Yes, I’ll give you cut-and-paste commands. No, the terminal won’t eat your cat.
- Download Flock Browser v1.2 and select “Save File” to store it on your Desktop.
- Open a terminal and run:
sudo tar -C /opt -xzvf Desktop/flock-*.tar.gz - Create a link to the new browser within your PATH:
sudo ln -s /opt/flock/flock /usr/bin/flock-browser - Dump the following into a new file: /usr/share/applications/flock.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Flock
Comment=Flock Web Browser
Exec=flock-browser
Icon=/opt/flock/icons/mozicon128.png
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Applications;Network
You should now have a new entry in your Applications menu called “Flock Web Browser” (your menu may need to refresh first). You can also launch the browser from the terminal using the command:
flock-browser
Enjoy! Anytime there is a Flock Browser update you should be able to safely repeat steps 1 and 2 and you’re set.