Use apt/yum to install firefox it will keep you upto date on new versions whenever you update your systems and in kde it automatically creates an icon. simple as apt-get install firefox On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 13:10, Hardy Merrill wrote: > It's been a while since I've worked on a RH system, so > please bear with me. I downloaded the Firefox 0.93 > installer into /root, untared/ungziped it, and ran > firefox_installer, which created a > /root/firefox_installer directory with the firefox > executable in it. I'd like to be able to kick off > firefox by just typing "firefox" at a command prompt > without having to be in the /root directory. > > So my first attempt was to go to /usr/bin and create a > "firefox" link to /root/firefox_installer/firefox. > That works fine, but it ties up terminal session > (foreground) when I do it. > > My ultimate goal is to create a Firefox icon app on > the XFCE desktop or taskbar - I created an app link on > the taskbar but get a permissions error when I try to > kick off firefox from there. > > I'm sure I'm doing a lot of things wrong here - please > enlighten me. How _should_ this be done? I'm sure > /root is not the right place to unpack the tarball, > right? > > TIA. > > Hardy Merrill > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail >
