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Old 11-14-2006, 02:23 AM   #1
coolshankin
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mozilla firefox 2.0


hey,

i used
tar -xvf <filename>
mv firefox /usr/local

now my firefox 2.0 gets loaded only when i type
/usr/local/firefox/firefox
on terminal. just "firefox" gives me a blank white firefox page of the older version. "/usr/local/firefox/firefox" loads the updater everytime and tries to doenload the latest add ons. how do i make firefox 2.0 run directly from terminal????

thanking you
shankar
 
Old 11-14-2006, 06:20 AM   #2
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Look in /etc/profile for the last 'PATH=' entry; after that add
Code:
PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/firefox"
log out, log back in (/etc/profile is only read once at login) and you'll be good to go.

The section you're looking for is somewhere after something that will look like this:
Code:
# Set the default system $PATH:
PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games"

# For root users, ensure that /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin, and /sbin are in
# the $PATH.  Some means of connection don't add these by default (sshd comes
# to mind).
if [ "`id -u`" = "0" ]; then
  echo $PATH | grep /usr/local/sbin 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
  if [ ! $? = 0 ]; then
    PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH
  fi
fi

# Set the additional $PATH:
PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/seamonkey"
PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/firefox"
PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/thunderbird"
 
Old 11-14-2006, 08:39 PM   #3
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Perhaps an easier (better ?) way of doing this is to change the symbolic link in /usr/bin to point to the new firefox.

IE: (as root)
Code:
mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox1.5
ln -s /usr/local/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
Since there is only one firefox executable that you need, there is no need to modify your PATH. The only time I change $PATH is if I want a bin directory in your home (for shell scripts for your user only), or for installations like Java with multiple executables.

--Ian
 
  


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