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Help with the installation of Mozilla's Firefox
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 8:28 am
by Queenie
Help! I am a summer intern for a small, local company. This is the first time ive worked with Linux..i must say though i do like it...however my goal is to take old pc's install linux and create a client image. So i have to find a new email, web browser, data back up tool, etc. I have gone with evolution for the email client, mainly because it is most like outlook and that is what the employees are used to. However, i wanted to download firefox by mozilla because after doing research and taking part in other forums most suggested that i try it. I downloaded it but now im not sure what to do, its still in the tar. gz type and i know i have to go into a terminal and program but what im not sure...ive tried looking for installation directions via the computer but have had no luck...can anyone help?
Thanks!
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 10:19 am
by mrben
OK. Depending on which distribution you have, there may be a graphical tool for dealing with .tar.gz files. However, to deal with it from the command line, do the following:
1. Go to the directory where you wish to unpack the file (not necessarily where you downloaded it to - but make sure you have permission to write to that directory)
2. Use the tar command to untar the file as follows:
tar zxvf myfile.tar.gz
You should now have a new directory, or at very least a new file (it's a long time since I installed Firefox in this manner
) - I think there is a script file (usually named install.sh) which you would run with
sh install.sh
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 1:20 pm
by pthread
Download, unzip, untar, and copy the resulting directory to '/usr/local' or any other good spot you like... that's all there is to it.
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 2:23 pm
by dann
Firefox does not have an install.sh file, or at least the versions I have run do not. It is basically a tarred up binary.
As root, choose the location you want to install firefox:
/opt (technically, I think this is the preffered
or
/usr/local
Then extract it there:
tar -C /opt xzvf firefox-???????.tar.gz
The create a symlink to a location in the users executable path. You'll probably want to stick with /usr/local/bin:
ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox
Now no matter who logs in, they can launch firefox by just issing firefox, or you can create a menu item on preferred window manager.