cannot run firefox

seriesx4 · 09-23-2005, 09:20 AM

I just installed firefox 1.0.7 in usr/lib/firefox-1.0.7, I installed the java plugin and the flash plugin. Everything works fine except that I can't start firefox from the terminal by typing 'firefox'.

If I put a symbolic link into /usr/bin I get this:

Code:

bash: /usr/bin/firefox: Too many levels of symbolic links

And if I put a hard link into /usr/bin :

Code:

Cannot find mozilla runtime directory. Exiting.

However, if I run 'firefox' from its home directory ( usr/lib/firefox-1.0.7/ ) it works...

What is wrong?

biophysics · 09-23-2005, 09:36 AM

Try this (as root):

Code:

cd /usr/bin
rm firefox
ln -s /usr/lib/firefox-1.0.7/firefox   firefox

seriesx4 · 09-23-2005, 09:47 AM

TigerLinux · 09-23-2005, 11:22 AM

what linux u use?
firefox is a browser included, like konqueror,
what happened?

seriesx4 · 09-23-2005, 11:55 AM

I "updated it".

I just didn't realise that 'ln' didn't work by doing the following (it almost seems a bit inconsistent);

Code:

#cd /usr/lib/firefox-1.0.7
#ln -s firefox /usr/bin/firefox

Instead you must do:

Code:

#cd /usr/bin
#ln -s /usr/lib/firefox-1.0.7/firefox firefox

I thought the first variant would work too.