Installing Selenium Builder for Windows 10 and Ubuntu 14.04

The biggest issue was getting a version of Firefox that works, the workaround was to install the Firefox ESR Edition

Windows 10 Installation

Install Java JDK - jdk-8u111-windows-x64.exe

Install Python - python-2.7.12.msi
Choose advance configuration to add Python to class path

Install Firefox ESR Edition - "Firefox Setup 45.5.0esr.exe
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/

Update your path variable to add this:
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\"

Launch Firefox and install the Selenium Builder Plugin
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/selenium-builder/

Download Selenium Jar File
http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/2.53/selenium-server-standalone-2.53.1.jar

Launch the Jar for command line
java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.53.1.jar

You are now ready to record and playback via Firefox

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Ubuntu 14.04 Installation

Install Java 8

$ sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

Remove current version of Firefox
$ sudo apt-get remove firefox

Download 64-bit version of Firefox
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/

Extract Firefox
sudo tar -xvjf firefox-45.5.0esr.tar.bz2 -C /opt

Create Firefox ESR
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

Create an icon
$ sudo apt-get install gnome-panel
$ sudo gnome-desktop-item-edit . --create-new

Updating
$ sudo apt-get install gksu
$ gksudo firefox

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