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====== Firefox ======
Firefox is a web browser by Mozilla.


==== v33.1.1 ====
  * Version: 33.1.1
  * Added: November, 2014
  * Link: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

=== Usage ===
  * Show all available versions of firefox<code>module avail firefox</code>
  * Load firefox module: <code>module load firefox/33.1.1</code>
  * get quick help:<code>firefox --help</code>


=== Installation ===
  * Firefox comes already compiled, so all you have to do is unzip & copy to /export/apps/<code>
wget "https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-33.1.1-SSL&os=linux64&lang=en-US" -O firefox-33.1.1.tar.bz2
tar -xvf firefox-33.1.1.tar.bz2
</code>
  * Create firefox directory in /export/apps/firefox/33.1.1/ & copy the tarball content<code>
sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/firefox/33.1.1/
sudo cp -r firefox/* /export/apps/firefox/33.1.1/</code>
  * firefox module file<code>
#%Module1.0
#####################################################################
##
## Firefox Modulefile
## By James Oguya, j.oguya@cgiar.org
## November, 2014
##

set appname         firefox
set version         33.1.1
set prefix          /export/apps/${appname}/${version}
set exec_prefix     ${prefix}
set url "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/"
set msg "Firefox is a web browser by Mozilla.\nFirefox Official Site: $url\n"

module-whatis $msg

proc ModulesHelp { } {
    puts stderr "$msg"
}

conflict        firefox

prepend-path    PATH    ${exec_prefix}
</code>

  * deploy the new module using ansible<code>ansible-playbook site.yml -u joguya -K -s --limit=compute --tags=module</code>