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Old 06-19-2002, 09:01 PM   #1
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where to install?


I'm trying to install Mozilla and it wants to install it to "/usr/local/mozilla". Should I install it there?
right now I dont want to install it over there because I dont have root access and it doesnt let me to create a directory there. Even if I was logged in as root and I had installed it to that dir, I think I would need to have root access to run mozilla, right?

so where else can I install it? I'm very new to linux (btw I have Mandrake Linux 8.2, if that helps...)

any help is greatly appriciated

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Old 06-19-2002, 09:17 PM   #2
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You shouldn't need root access to access /usr/local .

By default, most users have access rights to that directory and that is where I would actually install Mozilla.
 
Old 06-19-2002, 09:54 PM   #3
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aha! worked, but I had to log in as root to install it.....
 
  


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