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Hey all, I just installed the latest version of FireFox on my Red Hat 9 Box. I double clicked the firefox-installer and it brought me to the setup and I ...
  1. 06-04-2005 #1
    Tuxman8898
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    Just installed FireFox...wheres the executable!!??

    Hey all, I just installed the latest version of FireFox on my Red Hat 9 Box. I double clicked the firefox-installer and it brought me to the setup and I installed it in /home/jkiefer/firefox. Now, i'm totally confused! I opened that folder, to find a bunch of files, none of which were executables(at least to my knowledge). It didnt install anything to the desktop, and nothing to the start menu(i'll just call it that b/c i dunno what its real name is). I'm a complete Linux noob so if anyone can help, thanks a whole bunch! O, and I think its a gnome desktop on my Linux box with RH9...
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    One of those files, can't remember the name, but if you click on it, firefox will launch. Drag this file to the desktop, select "Link here"
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    firefox

    I think it is just plain old "firefox". All those other *.so files are source object files and are used as a reference for variables and constants.
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    You execute the shell script "firefox".
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    Execute it with full path
    Code:
    /home/jkiefer/firefox/firefox
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    Thanks guys..I also added a launcher for it on my RH Desktop!

    now if anybody can help me with my network problem...- http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/topic-45177.html
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