Firefox 1.0.7 root administrator responsibility Fedora 4
 

Firefox should be installed ONCE by root for all users to use

Cannot have 5 users all installing the same program for general use...waste of resources!

I installed Firefox easily and am executing out of /root/Firefox107/firefox-installer/firefox as user root.

Problem is that when logged in as user myname, I created a launcher with command to /root/Firefox107/firefox-installer/firefox

as I did as root and it didn't work.

There were permission problems in spite of the permissions -rwxr-xr-x

What is the general procedure for administrators to install central programs.

Fedora 4 came with firefox installed in /usr/bin. I've seen stuff in /usr/local or/usr/lib or /usr/share.
Cool

In general, you should install using RPMs (preferably ones from Fedora) instead of other methods because the RPMs put things in the right places and configure it properly and keeps track of all the files in the package so you can easily update or remove it. The primary package manager and updater in Fedora Core is Yum (see the Fedora tutorial on Yum). There is also a GUI for it called Yum Extender (yumex), but I prefer the command-line. Basic commands for Yum are:
* yum install foo - install package foo
* yum remove foo - remove package foo
* yum update - update all packages in system
* yum search foo - search for string foo

Thanks! I will use those tips...but
 

I am *also* educating my basic Linux knowledge.

Even though the firefox program (that works perfectly under root

out of a launcher) has rwx r_xr_x permissions, it will not run.

Some associated file must need permissions as well.

Still like to know the basic install procedure that a root does for

programs everybody uses.