Firefox...install help

[carlwill]

I go to Mozilla and download the firefox file called firefox-0.9.1-i686-linux-gtk2+xft-installer.tar.gz to /home/carlwill .

My question is that if I extract the file to the same destination, I will always have the path to my firefox folder in my home folder for that user which is really annoying.

I want to extract the files for the install to a place where my fedora built in Mozilla browser is...I just dont know how to do this?

Can someone please help me...the 0.9 version of Firefox I have as a Linux installer so I can just browse to the extracted folder and run the installer but the hard part for me is finding where to put it.

[sarumont]

Untar it and do this:

./configure
make
su -c "make install"

The make install moves the compiled binaries to the normal locations, executable for all users.

[carlwill]

Thank you so much, I will try this when I get home.

Once the install , how can I point to the application path for a desktop shortcut.

[sarumont]

The full path should be /usr/bin/firefox. You can just create a desktop shortcut to this by either placing a symlink in your ~/Desktop folder or right-clicking on the desktop and adding one the graphical way.

[carlwill]

Untar it and do this:

Can I untar it to the same destination / home / carlwill

I am not sure if this is "untar'ing" but I right click the file called firefox-0.9.1-i686-linux-gtk2+xft-installer.tar.gz and select actions > extract to or extract here...

Thanks for any help

[carlwill]

ok

I extracted the file located in /home/carlwill to the same location .

I know have a folder called firefox-installer

[carlwill@localhost carlwill]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost carlwill]# cd /home/carlwill/firefox-installer/
[root@localhost firefox-installer]# ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
[root@localhost firefox-installer]# configure
bash: configure: command not found

What am I doing wrong

[monkey8]

I bet you downloaded the graphical install. su to root, and run the installer.

$ su root
<password>
# cd /firefox/directory
# ./firefox-installer

[carlwill]

yes I did - it has a graphical installer ... FIREFOX 0.9

I know how to runthe unstall from its destination...

I just don't want the files path to always be /home/carlwill

This was the place I downloaded the file firefox-0.9.1-i686-linux-gtk2+xft-installer.tar.gz

If I unzip it there, I get a folder called Firefox-installer.

If I run it from there, the path to firefox will always be /home/carlwill

I want it with my Mozilla browser 1.6

I goto console and type

[root@localhost root]# which mozilla
/usr/bin/mozilla

but I can't browse to that folder in the graphical installer? I just want this mozilla firefox folder out of sight so it is not with my users home folder because I treat that as a my documents kind of folder...

[monkey8]

The installer didn't let you choose the destination when you ran it as root?

Then I would recommend, extract the installer to /usr/local/src/firefox-0.9.1-i686-linux-gtk2+xft-installer

Then install it from there, if it installs in that directory that is okay. Then you can make a symbolic link from /usr/bin/firefox to the binary in /usr/local/src/firefox-0.9.1-i686-linux-gtk2+xft-installer

[DoubleD]

I downloaded the graphical install.

I opened a root terminal and then started the graphical browser. I was able to create a folder /usr/local/firefox/ in the graphical browser and then install it.

I recieved the following errors showing in my root terminal:
** (firefox-installer-bin:4147): WARNING **: Invalid UTF8 string passed to pango_layout_set_text()
[root@localhost firefox-installer]# *** eeeeeeee = [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80520006 (NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST) [nsIFile.remove]" nsresult: "0x80520006 (NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST)" location: "JS frame :: file:///usr/local/firefox/components/nsExtensionManager.js :: ensureExtensionsFiles :: line 245" data: no]
*** loading the extensions datasource
*** loading the extensions datasource

Another question. How do I uninstall the several other installations that I put on the system in my home directory? Just delete them?

- DoubleD