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Old 10-15-2004, 05:02 PM   #1
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How do I install Firefox?


Hey, I am a noob at installing things.
I want to download firefox but I dont know how toinstall stuff of Linux.
I am using Linux RedHat 7 (getting FC1 this weekend).
THX
 
Old 10-15-2004, 05:07 PM   #2
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Dead simple process.

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.o...staller.tar.gz

Get That ^^^. Then extract it using whatever GUI extractor you can find on your menu. Then go into the newly created firefox directory and double click on the install icon.

Then go from there

Good Luck

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Old 10-15-2004, 05:40 PM   #3
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Also if u have to install through konsole u should try cd to the folder and then run ./configure
make
make install
in that order and it should come up from there.
(reminder this is install the file that the tarball extracted to)
 
Old 10-15-2004, 06:52 PM   #4
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There should be no reason to install from source (that is what nichsmart234 suggested)

There are three ways (all must be done as root):

1. Firefox's precompiled bin file. DL the tarball, extract it, then run the installation wizard. it is just like windows from there.

2. RPM packages. For firefox these are harder to find, but if you look through ftp://mozilla.org/pub you should be able to find a rpm. The nightly build might have one. DL it then run rpm -U (package name). (There is also a yum repository for those interested, though I can't remeber it's URL)

3. Build from source. DL, extract, gfo into directory, type ./configure, type make, type make install and pray no errors pop up.

I suggest trying them in this order.
 
Old 10-16-2004, 10:58 PM   #5
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The easiest way to install Firefox is to get a precompiled copy without installer and just unpack it to /usr/local. Then run it as root for a first time and you're done.
 
  


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