Hi,

I have used Linux for a while, but have only just started running my own system, and have a few questions about installing.

I recently downloaded Mozilla Firebird. Now basically it says unpackage it into a directory and run it from there, but where is the proper place to put it? I have it in usr/local/mozilla-firebird, is this kinda right? I know it doesnt really matter, but just to keep everything organised and in convention etc, id like to know.

Secondly, how do I make it so I can just type MozillaFirebird from any directory to start it up? There was an install script that came with it (run-mozilla.sh) which I think I am supposed to run and maybe that allows me to do that, but when I run it says
"run-mozilla.sh: Cannot execute . "
Any ideas?

Thirdly, I was trying to install some QT3 rpms, and they said I needed to have libGLCore.so.1 and that I didnt have it. However I did have it, as it was installed with my Nvidia drivers, however these were installed with a script, not an RPM, and so RPM doesnt know about it. Therefore I had to install the NVIDIA_GLX rpm to install a file which I already had. This is the second time this type of problem has occured in my short Linux admidistering life, and so was wondering if there is a way around this, because it seems like somewhat of a flaw in the system.

Thanks for your help

Floyd

Firebird can be unpacked anywhere... if you prefer Firebird to be ran globally (by anyone, then just create a symlink to it in /usr/local/bin).

How I did it was, I unpacked the MozillaFirebird tarball in /opt. And then I symlinked the MozillaFirebird executable to /usr/local/bin by typing:

ln -s /opt/MozillaFirebird/MozillaFirebird /usr/local/bin/firebird

Now everyone can run it just by typing firebird.

Ah, sweet, firebird now runs globally. Thanks, although the arguments for ln are back to front I think

Anyone got any ideas about questions 1 and 3?

Thanks

Floyd

I believe I answered your 1st question as well...

The reason I chose to unpack Firebird in /opt is because of this FHS recommendation... At least that's my intepretation for it

Sorry for another post, but I think there's a force flag for the rpm installation command (-f i think). I'm not 100% sure because I don't use RH nor any other distros that uses RPMs...

Don't ask me why because I'm sure my reply will be intepreted as flamebait

Ahh yes, you did answer the first, but the FHS standard makes things clear, Thanks!