Advice please for installing Firefox for all users
 

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

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

Thank you :)

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

The book is called "man" and is on a keyboard near you. :D You can also use "apropos" to get hints as to which program might be useful for a specific situation. "man apropos" for details.

lol

I know about man :p That apropos is a bit unusual for me. lol Everything I type after apropos says nothing appropriate. Oh well.... :D :newbie:

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

Thank you for that. A very useful guide :)