well, its running right now, cause i installed it, but i have no idea of how to execute it from the console.

im such a newbie...

if it's in your PATH run..

firefox

in the console.

dude if for example, my firefox is in the directory
/opt/Firefox/

what command do i do?

Edit: Sorry, wrong thread.

$/opt/Firefox/firefox
You can also create a link to it on your desktop or menu.

Do this...

Move Firefox to /usr/local/include

mv /opt/Firefox/ /usr/local/include

then make a symbolic link to your /usr/local/bin

ln -s /usr/local/include/Firefox/firefox /usr/local/bin

and run..

firefox

in the console and it'll run firefox for you because it's now in your PATH.

you could insert the symbolic link from your /opt directory, but most people put there programs in /usr/local/include.

i just put a link on the kde panel thingy... that works for me...

Linux~Powered... Why would you want to move any application to /usr/local/include?

The "include" directories (in /usr and /usr/local) are for application libraries (although, yes, it would still work) - It is better to install apps to /usr/local (i.e. /usr/local/Firefox) or /opt (i.e. /opt/Firefox) -- Well that's my thoughts anywho...

salviadud Glad ya got it working

Ha, your right! I don't even remember typing in the */include ? I keep all my 3rd party applications in /usr/local. I must of had a really bad smelly brain fart! Thanks for pointing that one out.

I just did that with mine, only I moved it to the /usr/local, not the /include directory.
Mine doesn't run when typing firefox in the run command.
Also, more importantly,how do you put a shortcut to it on the desktop?
I'm running SuSE 9.0
I'm a Linux noob and will have to have my hand held.
Thanks in advance!!

errrraaa...
I ran it from the location, set up the import settings, set it as my default browser, and now it works from the run command
I'd still like to know how to make it a desktop shortcut

While in /usr/local/bin do..

ln -s /usr/local/Firefox/firefox /usr/local/bin/

If "Firefox" is the name of the directory. By default it's "firefox-installer". I re-named mine because it looks prettier that way.

*edit*

Ha, I f-ed it up again! changed from ln -l to ln -s

What window enviorment are you using? In Gnome you just left click the mouse over the pannel then Add to pannel --> Launcher and fill in the blanks.

I'm using KDE
It has similar preferences, but I don't see firefox anywhere handy
I'll keep looking.
Anything to get rid of the evil that is known as Konqueror

Personally i used /usr/local/lib/firefox to install firefox, since mozilla is installed in /usr/lib/mozilla.
But people in "linux packages" have created a very nice slackware package for firefox, so just download this:http://www.linuxpackages.net/pkg_details.php?id=3216
and install it with:
. It will be installed in /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox.
I don't see why not use a slackware package, since you use a precompiled version. Unless you have downloaded the 30MB of source and compiled it by yourself.

*Edit*
The only problem is that the executable is /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox and not firefox, but a soft link can easy solve this.