Look at the [link|http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/system-requirements.html|system requirements]:
Linux
Software Requirements
Please note that Linux distributors may provide packages for your distribution which have different requirements.- Linux kernel - 2.2.14 with the following libraries or packages minimums:
- glibc 2.3.2
- XFree86-3.3.6
- gtk+2.0
- fontconfig (also known as xft)
- libstdc++5
- Firefox has been tested on Red Hat Linux 8.0 and later
Minimum Hardware
- Intel Pentium II or AMD K6-III+ 233 MHz CPU (Recommended: 500MHz or greater)
- 64 MB RAM (Recommended: 128 MB RAM or greater)
- 52 MB hard drive space
Seems they don't believe in static linking anymore.
And you'll never get xft/fontconfig on enigma, GTK v2.0 is waaaay newer than what you have on your machine. I'll bet you have gtk v1.2 on that machine.
And, no, I don't care about you putting Debian on it. It would be nice if you could though.
To check to see what version you have try:
rpm -qa | grep -i -e gtk -e glibc -e libstdc -e XFree -e xft -e fontconfigBet you find that you are woefully out of date.
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