i'm trying to install firefox. and when it comes to installing .tar.gz files... i'm lost. i'm still a newbie at linux, so any help is greatly appreciated. here is my terminal script.

[ethan@pigeonserver ethan]$ cd /home
[ethan@pigeonserver home]$ cd /home/ethan
[ethan@pigeonserver ethan]$ tar -zxvf firefox-1.0.6.installer.tar.gz
firefox-installer/
firefox-installer/xpi/
firefox-installer/xpi/adt.xpi
firefox-installer/xpi/browser.xpi
firefox-installer/xpi/en-US.xpi
firefox-installer/xpi/help.xpi
firefox-installer/xpi/talkback.xpi
firefox-installer/xpi/xpcom.xpi
firefox-installer/config.ini
firefox-installer/header.png
firefox-installer/install.ini
firefox-installer/license.txt
firefox-installer/watermark.png
firefox-installer/firefox-installer
firefox-installer/firefox-installer-bin
[ethan@pigeonserver ethan]$ cd /home/ethan/firefox-installer
[ethan@pigeonserver firefox-installer]$ ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
[ethan@pigeonserver firefox-installer]$ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
[ethan@pigeonserver firefox-installer]$ su root
Password:
[root@pigeonserver firefox-installer]# ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory


thanks ahead of time!

/home/ethan/firefox-installer/firefox-installer-bin

thank you

configure is an executable file. If you look at the list of files that you untarred and unzipped, there is no configure file.

Just for general reference, not ALL software uses ./configure && make && make install. Especially binary packages

hi,

i am trying to install saga and it doesn`t use a configure file as well. so what am i supposed to do? here is my terminal script. any help would be great!

franzi@arschgsicht:~/gis$ unp saga_2.0_rc3_bin_linux.tar
saga_gtk/
saga_gtk/libsaga_api.so
saga_gtk/saga_cmd
saga_gtk/saga_gui
saga_gtk/modules/
saga_gtk/modules/geostatistics_grid.so
saga_gtk/modules/geostatistics_kriging.so
saga_gtk/modules/geostatistics_points.so
saga_gtk/modules/grid_analysis.so
saga_gtk/modules/grid_calculus.so
saga_gtk/modules/grid_discretisation.so
saga_gtk/modules/grid_filter.so
saga_gtk/modules/grid_gridding.so
saga_gtk/modules/grid_spline.so
saga_gtk/modules/grid_tools.so
saga_gtk/modules/grid_visualisation.so
saga_gtk/modules/io_esri_e00.so
saga_gtk/modules/io_gps.so
saga_gtk/modules/io_grid.so
saga_gtk/modules/io_grid_gdal.so
saga_gtk/modules/io_grid_image.so
saga_gtk/modules/io_shapes.so
saga_gtk/modules/lectures_introduction.so
saga_gtk/modules/pj_georeference.so
saga_gtk/modules/pj_geotrans.so
saga_gtk/modules/pj_proj4.so
saga_gtk/modules/recreations_fractals.so
saga_gtk/modules/recreations_games.so
saga_gtk/modules/shapes_grid.so
saga_gtk/modules/shapes_lines.so
saga_gtk/modules/shapes_points.so
saga_gtk/modules/shapes_polygons.so
saga_gtk/modules/shapes_tools.so
saga_gtk/modules/sim_cellular_automata.so
saga_gtk/modules/sim_ecosystems_hugget.so
saga_gtk/modules/sim_fire_spreading.so
saga_gtk/modules/sim_hydrology.so
saga_gtk/modules/ta_channels.so
saga_gtk/modules/ta_compound.so
saga_gtk/modules/ta_hydrology.so
saga_gtk/modules/ta_lighting.so
saga_gtk/modules/ta_morphometry.so
saga_gtk/modules/ta_preprocessor.so
saga_gtk/modules/ta_profiles.so
saga_gtk/modules/table_calculus.so
saga_gtk/modules/table_tools.so
saga_gtk/modules/tin_tools.so
saga_gtk/saga_gui.cfg
saga_gtk/install.txt
franzi@arschgsicht:~/gis$ cd saga_gtk/
franzi@arschgsicht:~/gis/saga_gtk$ more install.txt

To run SAGA 2.0 you have to copy SAGA's API library
to a location, that is listed in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH
environment variable. Copy the library into one of
the standard directories (e.g., /usr/lib) and run
ldconfig. If you can't or don't want to install the
library in a standard place (e.g., you don't have
the right to modify /usr/lib), then you might want
to add the library's location to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH
environment variable:

$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/saga_2.0:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH



thanks!

What will it use, then?

it will use the pre-built binary file, as in the case of Firefox.

if theres no pre-built binary, you have to create the binary file from the source code, by doing './configure' then 'make'. then you do 'make install'.

sometimes theres only a make file (which may need editing), so you skip the './configure' step.

it depends which files are in the package, there should also in most cases be a README and an INSTALL file to try and help you work out how to build the program.

I've got directories on my desktop that aren't making or make installing

I tried the ./configure first, and got the same message as above. The files in the folder are Makefile.PL, MANIFEST, RPPNG.pm, and test.pl

I have no clue how to get these installed on my machine.

Are these different than normal files? I've been searching high and low, and cannot find a straight-forward answer about these.

im a noob too smittles, but i think the program you are trying to build is a program written in the perl language. they build slightly differently to the conventional './configure, make, make install)

*i think* you have to type in 'Makefile.PL'

you also need the perl framework installed, but i think most distros come with this now, perl is pretty popular.

someone with more knowledge than I will be along soon

I think you run these commands with Makefile.PLs:

Do the last as root, or put sudo in front of it for Kubuntu.

Hey There,

From looking at your exploded tar, I'd say check the install.txt file. It should walk you through the process if it's written well enough

Best wishes,

Mike

hey can anyone help me out with this one....
i am trying to install firefox 3.0.7 and not able to proceed further.
i am new to linux.

vijitkarma@vijitkarma-pardus downloads $ sudo tar -jxvf firefox-3.0.7.tar.bz2
firefox/
firefox/application.ini
firefox/res/
firefox/res/table-remove-row-active.gif
firefox/res/table-remove-column-hover.gif
firefox/res/broken-image.gif
firefox/res/table-remove-row-hover.gif
firefox/res/arrow.gif
firefox/res/designmode.css
firefox/res/table-add-row-before.gif
firefox/res/table-add-row-after-hover.gif
firefox/res/table-remove-column-active.gif
firefox/res/table-add-column-after.gif
firefox/res/language.properties
firefox/res/entityTables/
firefox/res/entityTables/mathml20.properties
firefox/res/entityTables/html40Special.properties
firefox/res/entityTables/html40Latin1.properties
firefox/res/entityTables/transliterate.properties
firefox/res/entityTables/html40Symbols.properties
firefox/res/entityTables/htmlEntityVersions.properties
firefox/res/html/
firefox/res/html/folder.png
firefox/res/grabber.gif
firefox/res/table-add-column-after-hover.gif
firefox/res/table-remove-column.gif
firefox/res/table-add-column-before-active.gif
firefox/res/table-add-row-after.gif
firefox/res/hiddenWindow.html
firefox/res/ua.css
firefox/res/forms.css
firefox/res/table-add-column-before-hover.gif
firefox/res/contenteditable.css
firefox/res/dtd/
firefox/res/dtd/xhtml11.dtd
firefox/res/dtd/mathml.dtd
firefox/res/html.css
firefox/res/loading-image.gif
firefox/res/table-add-column-after-active.gif
firefox/res/unixcharset.properties
firefox/res/EditorOverride.css
firefox/res/viewsource.css
firefox/res/quirk.css
firefox/res/charsetData.properties
firefox/res/arrowd.gif
firefox/res/table-add-column-before.gif
firefox/res/svg.css
firefox/res/charsetalias.properties
firefox/res/langGroups.properties
firefox/res/table-add-row-after-active.gif
firefox/res/table-add-row-before-hover.gif
firefox/res/table-remove-row.gif
firefox/res/table-add-row-before-active.gif
firefox/res/mathml.css
firefox/res/fonts/
firefox/res/fonts/mathfont.properties
firefox/res/fonts/mathfontSTIXNonUnicode.properties
firefox/res/fonts/mathfontUnicode.properties
firefox/res/fonts/mathfontSTIXSize1.properties
firefox/res/fonts/mathfontStandardSymbolsL.properties
firefox/libssl3.so
firefox/libnspr4.so
firefox/crashreporter.ini
firefox/browserconfig.properties
firefox/libnssdbm3.so
firefox/updater
firefox/.autoreg
firefox/components/
firefox/components/nsHandlerService.js
firefox/components/nsUrlClassifierListManager.js
firefox/components/nsURLFormatter.js
firefox/components/nsSearchSuggestions.js
firefox/components/browser.xpt
firefox/components/FeedProcessor.js
firefox/components/nsSidebar.js
firefox/components/nsHelperAppDlg.js
firefox/components/libbrowserdirprovider.so
firefox/components/storage-Legacy.js
firefox/components/nsExtensionManager.js
firefox/components/aboutRobots.js
firefox/components/FeedConverter.js
firefox/components/nsSearchService.js
firefox/components/nsProxyAutoConfig.js
firefox/components/nsLoginInfo.js
firefox/components/nsBlocklistService.js
firefox/components/nsWebHandlerApp.js
firefox/components/nsFilePicker.js
firefox/components/nsBadCertHandler.js
firefox/components/libimgicon.so
firefox/components/nsSessionStore.js
firefox/components/libdbusservice.so
firefox/components/libmozgnome.so
firefox/components/nsContentDispatchChooser.js
firefox/components/nsBrowserContentHandler.js
firefox/components/nsLivemarkService.js
firefox/components/nsTryToClose.js
firefox/components/jsconsole-clhandler.js
firefox/components/nsTaggingService.js
firefox/components/nsSetDefaultBrowser.js
firefox/components/nsBrowserGlue.js
firefox/components/nsPlacesTransactionsService.js
firefox/components/nsDownloadManagerUI.js
firefox/components/libbrowsercomps.so
firefox/components/nsSafebrowsingApplication.js
firefox/components/nsUpdateService.js
firefox/components/WebContentConverter.js
firefox/components/aboutRights.js
firefox/components/nsContentPrefService.js
firefox/components/nsUrlClassifierLib.js
firefox/components/nsSessionStartup.js
firefox/components/fuelApplication.js
firefox/components/nsMicrosummaryService.js
firefox/components/nsLoginManager.js
firefox/components/txEXSLTRegExFunctions.js
firefox/components/FeedWriter.js
firefox/components/libnkgnomevfs.so
firefox/components/nsLoginManagerPrompter.js
firefox/components/nsAddonRepository.js
firefox/components/pluginGlue.js
firefox/components/nsDefaultCLH.js
firefox/updater.ini
firefox/mozilla-xremote-client
firefox/extensions/
firefox/extensions/{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}/
firefox/extensions/{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}/install.rdf
firefox/removed-files
firefox/libsoftokn3.so
firefox/crashreporter
firefox/libmozjs.so
firefox/libsmime3.so
firefox/libxul.so
firefox/old-homepage-default.properties
firefox/run-mozilla.sh
firefox/searchplugins/
firefox/searchplugins/creativecommons.xml
firefox/searchplugins/eBay.xml
firefox/searchplugins/yahoo.xml
firefox/searchplugins/google.xml
firefox/searchplugins/answers.xml
firefox/searchplugins/wikipedia.xml
firefox/searchplugins/amazondotcom.xml
firefox/greprefs/
firefox/greprefs/xpinstall.js
firefox/greprefs/all.js
firefox/greprefs/security-prefs.js
firefox/modules/
firefox/modules/DownloadUtils.jsm
firefox/modules/Microformats.js
firefox/modules/ISO8601DateUtils.jsm
firefox/modules/PluralForm.jsm
firefox/modules/JSON.jsm
firefox/modules/distribution.js
firefox/modules/debug.js
firefox/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm
firefox/modules/utils.js
firefox/firefox-bin
firefox/Throbber-small.gif
firefox/libnss3.so
firefox/libsqlite3.so
firefox/libfreebl3.so
firefox/firefox
firefox/libsoftokn3.chk
firefox/libfreebl3.chk
firefox/blocklist.xml
firefox/icons/
firefox/icons/mozicon50.xpm
firefox/icons/mozicon128.png
firefox/icons/document.png
firefox/icons/mozicon16.xpm
firefox/libxpcom.so
firefox/libplds4.so
firefox/README.txt
firefox/plugins/
firefox/plugins/libnullplugin.so
firefox/defaults/
firefox/defaults/autoconfig/
firefox/defaults/autoconfig/platform.js
firefox/defaults/autoconfig/prefcalls.js
firefox/defaults/profile/
firefox/defaults/profile/bookmarks.html
firefox/defaults/profile/mimeTypes.rdf
firefox/defaults/profile/prefs.js
firefox/defaults/profile/localstore.rdf
firefox/defaults/profile/chrome/
firefox/defaults/profile/chrome/userChrome-example.css
firefox/defaults/profile/chrome/userContent-example.css
firefox/defaults/pref/
firefox/defaults/pref/reporter.js
firefox/defaults/pref/firefox-l10n.js
firefox/defaults/pref/firefox-branding.js
firefox/defaults/pref/firefox.js
firefox/defaults/pref/channel-prefs.js
firefox/libplc4.so
firefox/libnssutil3.so
firefox/dictionaries/
firefox/dictionaries/en-US.aff
firefox/dictionaries/en-US.dic
firefox/libjemalloc.so
firefox/platform.ini
firefox/libnssckbi.so
firefox/crashreporter-override.ini
firefox/chrome/
firefox/chrome/en-US.jar
firefox/chrome/browser.manifest
firefox/chrome/reporter.manifest
firefox/chrome/pippki.jar
firefox/chrome/classic.jar
firefox/chrome/comm.jar
firefox/chrome/toolkit.manifest
firefox/chrome/reporter.jar
firefox/chrome/classic.manifest
firefox/chrome/en-US.manifest
firefox/chrome/icons/
firefox/chrome/icons/default/
firefox/chrome/icons/default/default32.png
firefox/chrome/icons/default/default16.png
firefox/chrome/icons/default/default48.png
firefox/chrome/pippki.manifest
firefox/chrome/browser.jar
firefox/chrome/comm.manifest
firefox/chrome/toolkit.jar
vijitkarma@vijitkarma-pardus downloads $ cd firefox
vijitkarma@vijitkarma-pardus firefox $ su
Password:
vijitkarma-pardus firefox # ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory

ragingcheetah i take it you did not read the firefox 3 install instructions please do so
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Installing+Firefox
after clicking on links you get to here
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/...refox+on+Linux

also what nix distro are you running it is probably in there repos

Thanks, John.
however, on referrring the sites mentioned by you, i got the following messages. please let me know what to do with it. thanks, in advance.
vijitkarma-pardus firefox # ~/firefox/firefox
bash: /root/firefox/firefox: No such file or directory
vijitkarma-pardus firefox # ~/firefox
bash: /root/firefox: No such file or directory
vijitkarma-pardus firefox # exit
exit
vijitkarma@vijitkarma-pardus ~ $ sudo ~/firefox/firefox
Password:
sudo: /home/vijitkarma/firefox/firefox: command not found
vijitkarma@vijitkarma-pardus ~ $ ~/firefox/firefox
bash: /home/vijitkarma/firefox/firefox: No such file or directory
vijitkarma@vijitkarma-pardus ~ $