How do i make a program/software available to all users.

mavinashbabu · 09-08-2006, 09:18 AM

Hi...

I've installed Firefox software with root privileges and the installation was a .tar ball where i untarred all the files into a folder by name firefox.. but my question is how do i make that program accessible to all the 'normal' users on that system. Also i want to place a shortcut to firefox for all the users on their desktop.

Please let me know how can i do that?

Thanks..
Avinash

XavierP · 09-08-2006, 09:40 AM

You need to put the Firefox directory into /usr/local - which distro are you using? It may be there's an even easier way than the way you did it and which will give everyone access to the program.

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mavinashbabu · 09-08-2006, 10:05 AM

Thanks...

I'm currently using Red Hat EL and CentOS.

Another question here..,. should i place all the library files and other files(under "firefox" directory after untarring them)in /usr/local?

Avinash..

XavierP · 09-08-2006, 02:30 PM

With any Red Hat distro

Code:

yum install firefox

should work. What you need to do is to untar everything in /usr/local to create /usr/local/firefox-<x.x.x) then symlink to that directory to create /usr/local/firefox then create links to /usr/local/firefox/firefox (if you upgrade Firefox, you just need to change the symlink, not everyone's links) in the menu.

Personally, I'd use Yum - it's more integrated and will do everything for you.

mavinashbabu · 09-09-2006, 09:12 AM

Thanks... but having a Problem...

when i try to use "yum install firefox-xxxxx" it runs and throws an error "Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo:update" --> not sure what it is

and for the second option

i created 2 links ff(/usr/local/firefox) and ffb(/usr/local/firefox/firefox).. should i place these 2 link files in /usr/local/bin directory? and please tell me how do i manage to have a shortcut placed on each user's desktop to firefox browser?