first, it is not necessary to link the firefox binary to .usr/bin just export /root/firefox_installer in your .bash_profile export PATH=$PATH:/root/firefox_installer second, simplu drag and drop your firefox binary file to your desktop and choose to link here... ----- Original Message ----- From: Nick David <monkeywrencher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 20:23:46 -0400 To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Firefox install on FC2 > 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 > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze
