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Old 06-21-2012, 01:50 PM   #1
jakep219
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[newbie(:] Installing Software properly


Hi All,

I am an advanced windows user (programming skills). I had a spare laptop laying around so i decided to do something useful with it and turn it into a Linux powerhouse. (Debian, latest version)

I have general knowledge of linux because i Jailbroke my iPhone. I know about basic permissions (root/users), terminal, etc.

WHAT MY PROBLEM IS... I want to install Mozilla Firefox the correct way.

I went to mozilla.org and downloaded the .tar file. I extracted it to my desktop and i was able to run the program fine, but i dont want clutter folders everywhere for every program i want to run. Basically, i want the program to show up in the GNOME desktop > Applications section.

Please help me.
 
Old 06-21-2012, 02:10 PM   #2
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Hello, welcome to LQ

To install a program properly, better use the repositories containing binary packages for your distribution and package management tools included in it, this way you won't have to compile apps yourself but in some rare cases and your system will stay clean.

One more bit of advise: always use packages officially supported by debian for your version, else sooner or later you will fall into what some of us call a dependencies quagmire (or nightmare) and your system will not stay consistent, mainly because the required apps and libraries needed for dynamic linking (the DLLs, in Windows parlance) by the different apps you want to install are not at the same version.

I am not a debianer, but the packages management tools you can use are listed here.

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Old 06-21-2012, 02:14 PM   #3
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Debian squeeze or wheezy?
 
Old 06-22-2012, 11:47 AM   #4
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What you've got in Debian is Iceweasel, but don't be deceived: it's just Firefox under a different name.
 
  


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