Advice please for installing Firefox for all users

MichaelD · 05-22-2005, 11:02 PM

Hello

I've already managed to install Firefox into /usr/share as root, but I'm now lost as to how I can get a link to it in a) my menu and b) my desktop.

I could have just installed it in my own folder but I want all users to be able to access it.

Help? lol

reddazz · 05-22-2005, 11:11 PM

/usr/share is not a very good directory for installing applications. If you are installing local applications the best directory is /usr/local (/opt is ok as well). So lets say you install firefox into /usr/local/firefox, you would create a symlink to the firefox executable as follows

Code:

ln -s /usr/local/firefox/firefox /usr/local/bin/.

That will make firefox run everytime a user types "firefox" into a terminal or creates a desktop shortcut with "firefox" as the command name.

MichaelD · 05-23-2005, 12:47 AM

Thank you

I'll get there eventually. I wish I had a book though to refer to.

eddiebaby1023 · 05-23-2005, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MichaelD
I wish I had a book though to refer to.

The book is called "man" and is on a keyboard near you.

You can also use "apropos" to get hints as to which program might be useful for a specific situation. "man apropos" for details.

MichaelD · 05-23-2005, 09:28 PM

lol

I know about man

That apropos is a bit unusual for me. lol Everything I type after apropos says nothing appropriate. Oh well....

jhibbets · 05-24-2005, 11:49 PM

I wrote step by step instructions for this, let me know if these work:

How do I install Firefox 1.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3?
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_79_4291.shtm

MichaelD · 05-25-2005, 12:44 PM

Thank you for that. A very useful guide