Install Firefox from tar.gz - Page 2

06-04-2007	#11 (permalink)
antidrugue Linux Guru Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 3,213	I am sure you realized by now that you didn't download Firefox's source code, but the binary version. There is really nothing to install, just execute the file "firefox" in the firefox directory. As Smolloy said, you can always use apt-get to install it as well: Code: apt-get install firefox More here: Techno Wizah: Debian HOW-TO : Update Firefox __________________ "To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the 'old', you derive security; from the 'new', you gain the flow." -Bruce Lee

06-04-2007	#12 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	FireFox comes as binary only. no need to configure or compile anything. cd to extracted folder and type firefox. Code: cd /home/lee/Desktop/Downloads/firefox firefox or install it from sources. Code: su apt-get install firefox __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

06-04-2007

#13 (permalink)

LeeBuckley

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Code:

debian:/home/lee/Desktop/Downloads/firefox# apt-get install firefox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  firefox
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 53.3kB of archives.
After unpacking 111kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://debian.yorku.ca etch/main firefox 2.0.0.3-1 [53.3kB]
Fetched 53.3kB in 10s (4936B/s)
Selecting previously deselected package firefox.
(Reading database ... 65868 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking firefox (from .../firefox_2.0.0.3-1_all.deb) ...
Setting up firefox (2.0.0.3-1) ...
debian:/home/lee/Desktop/Downloads/firefox# ls
browserconfig.properties
chrome
components
defaults
dictionaries
extensions
firefox
firefox-bin
greprefs
icons
libfreebl3.chk
libfreebl3.so
libmozjs.so
libnspr4.so
libnss3.so
libnssckbi.so
libplc4.so
libplds4.so
libsmime3.so
libsoftokn3.chk
libsoftokn3.so
libssl3.so
libxpcom_compat.so
libxpcom_core.so
libxpcom.so
libxpistub.so
mozilla-xremote-client
old-homepage-default.properties
plugins
readme.txt
removed-files
res
run-mozilla.sh
searchplugins
updater
updater.ini
xpicleanup

Thanks everyone......will promise to read the whole book before posting anymore on here.

06-04-2007	#14 (permalink)
LeeBuckley Just Joined! Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 30	ok I lied how do I use it now!! I feel like such an idiot.

06-04-2007	#15 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	isn't firefox available in Menu now? type firefox in Terminal. does it pop up? post error message if any. __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

06-04-2007	#16 (permalink)
LeeBuckley Just Joined! Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 30	Code: debian:/# firefox (firefox-bin:26054): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: debian:/#

06-04-2007

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smolloy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LeeBuckley

Code:

debian:/# firefox

(firefox-bin:26054): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
debian:/#

Do it as a regular user, not root.

Sorry for leading you astray earlier with the attempt to compile an already compiled program. Seems I still have a lot to learn about linux myself!!

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06-04-2007	#18 (permalink)
LeeBuckley Just Joined! Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 30	...........cool!!!!! Thanks for the help and please don't apologise, I feel I used my Sunday wisely for once. Lee

06-05-2007	#19 (permalink)
pavlo_7 Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 517	Firefox in Debian is called Iceweasel So, try: Code: apt-get install iceweasel

06-06-2007

#20 (permalink)

Nueguns

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Quote:

Originally Posted by pavlo_7

Firefox in Debian is called Iceweasel
So, try:

Code:

apt-get install iceweasel

Right, its _called_ iceweasel, but firefox still works with apt and theres a link called firefox as well, and of course thunderbird is called icedove,...

Opera is the better choice anyway, called the same on any platform, better rendering (at least i like it more than the one done by firefox and IE), and opera passed the ACID2-Test...

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