Can't get Firefox running
 

I've obviously been away from Linux too long.

I can't figure this out at all.

After installing the Fedora 8 Live CD, I want to install a few extra programs that didn't come with this distro.

I downloaded and unpacked (with Ark) the latest firefox archive to /home/myname/apps/firefox

Now what?

I want to run it as 'myname', not as root.

I looked at the installation instructions at the Mozilla website, but that didn't do me any good at all.

Thanks.:confused:

If you have a decent net connection, its probably easier to use yum. You can install Firefox by doing

yum install firefox
 

Hey, was that cool or what!

Thanks.

And I suppose there's a yum command that will show me a list of other things that are available.

That will show you whats installed, whats available to install and a lot of other useful info.

Another way to view what packages are available from the repositories is to use yumex or the Add/Remove Software tool. You would have to install yumex, but the A/R tool is usually on the menu from the get go.

Bill

yumex
 

Correct, usually if you install yumex it will place him under system > area of tools.

Also, of course you can install sudo yum -y install yumex or as root # yum -y install yumex and you can run it from the comomand line also.

sudo yumex and it will pop open the box loading all of the info up...