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Old 11-25-2007, 02:13 PM   #1
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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.
 
Old 11-25-2007, 02:58 PM   #2
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If you have a decent net connection, its probably easier to use yum. You can install Firefox by doing
Code:
#yum install firefox
 
Old 11-25-2007, 03:31 PM   #3
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yum install firefox

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#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.
 
Old 11-25-2007, 03:43 PM   #4
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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.
Code:
#yum list
That will show you whats installed, whats available to install and a lot of other useful info.
 
Old 11-25-2007, 04:32 PM   #5
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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.
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
 
Old 11-25-2007, 05:59 PM   #6
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Post yumex

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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
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...
 
  


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