i'm new so be gentle....

I'm trying NOT to be GUI dependent...more proficient with command line...

I downloaded and installed Firefox but cannot execute via command line:

[baba@192 firefox-installer]$ ls
browserconfig.properties install.ini libxpcom.so*
chrome/ install.log libxpistub.so*
components/ libmozjs.so* license.txt
config.ini libnspr4.so* mozilla-xremote-client*
defaults/ libnss3.so* plugins/
extensions/ libnssckbi.so* registry
firefox* libplc4.so* res/
firefox-bin* libplds4.so* run-mozilla.sh*
firefox-installer* libsmime3.so* searchplugins/
firefox-installer-bin* libsoftokn3.chk watermark.png
greprefs/ libsoftokn3.so* xpi/
header.png libssl3.so* xpicleanup*
icons/ libxpcom_compat.so*
[baba@192 firefox-installer]$ firefox
bash: firefox: command not found


ALSO, if anyone can point me towards a good guide for
installation of vanilla progs. (NOT rpm avenue) I would be
very appreciative.

As much as I've searched...i find the guides I have lacking significantly,
not answering many questions I think are elemetary.


thanks in advance,

clok

firefox-installer

i've installed already.

I'm simply trying to bring up the browser via command line.

"firefox-installer" does not do this

(thanks for the fast response though)

well... when you installed it, where did you choose to install it to?

let's say you installed it to /usr/shared/firefox/
(though i doubt you did, let's just pretend)

so now, i'll assume if you do that you'll see the actual firefox executable... that means you're halfway there...

step 2 is making it available by the command 'firefox'
as root, given our pretend setup thus far, you would now do:easy, huh? see... console ain't that tough... great job on wanting to learn your system, rather than redhat's version of your system; kudos

BINGO! I love you guys....thanks.


clok

yay!

see.. you just gotta get the basics....

look, in your free time, peruse this: rute

here's what we did:
/usr/bin is in your path -- an environment variable which houses a list of directories where commands can be found

to see what else is in there, try echo $PATH

and symbolic link -- think windows shortcut, but way better. (the ln -s thing)

good info...thanks again

Another tip, what you did there was create a symlink as secesh said but if you want to run an executable file from where it stands, you would've done this.

or simply /path/to/firefox

or in your ~/.bashrc
alias firefox=/path/to/firefox