Hey guy Im a real noob when it comes to installing apps on Suse 10.1 I have tried all night but now I want to bed but I want to put it out there so maybe someone can help me. Now I have RC2 that I installed by using someones code on another forum. I have downloaded the most recent firefox but I just cant figure out how to install. I can run firefox from the extracted folder but when I close it and click on the icon its back to RC2. Please let me know what Im doing wrong or what I can do. I know some stuff is done is yast but Im still lost. Thanks a lot


CODE
#!/bin/bash
echo "Updating repositories list
"
sudo apt-get update
echo "
Making sure libstdc++5 and the old Firefox are installed
"
sudo apt-get -y install firefox libstdc++5
echo "
Backing up old Firefox preferences
"
cp -R ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla_backup
echo "
Changing to home directory
"
cd
echo "
Downloading Firefox from the Mozilla site
"
# beta 2

wget -c ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.or...x-2.0b2.tar.gz

# nightly
#wget -c ftp:/ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla1.8-l10n/firefox-2.0.en-GB.linux-i686.tar.gz

echo "
Unzipping the .tar.gz file
"
sudo tar -C /usr/lib -x -z -v -f firefox-2.0b2.tar.gz
echo "
Removing the unzipped .tar.gz
"
rm firefox-2.0b2.tar.gz

echo "
The new Firefox is installed."

You can check which executable is running when toy click on the icon.
Probably the file which the icon run is pointed to the firefox executable from your old installation. In this case you had to change path to executable in icon properties, or change the executable file.

To change the executable file:
We assume that you extract your new firefox in /usr/src/firefox/
The command
will show you where is your "old" executable. Go in this dir and change the name of the file
and create a new link, pointed to your new firefox executable
Thats it. Now you can click on the firefox icon.

# edit
Excuse my English...

Welcome to LQ!

To install Firefox 2, just download the tarball from mozilla.com. Extract the tarball somewhere, and you should get a directory called "firefox". Login as root (using su) and move the "firefox" directory to /usr/local:
Now delete the file /usr/bin/firefox, and recreate the link:
You desktop shortcuts probably refer to /usr/bin/firefox, so now they should open the new version.

I hope this helps
--Ian

I dont know where to find tarball. can you provide me a link.

When I try to extract it to that location I dont have enough permission it says. how do I get permission

You have to be root to move the file.

You can dowload Firefox 2.0 from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html

ihow do I get into root. I know how to in the terminal but when moving file how. Im the only user account

just run in terminal

Dude I did everything you said to do. I was having the same problem. Now all I can get to is the tarball and I can't find firefox ANYWHERE! never mind getting it to work.

Please help

Did you extract the tarball?

yes
I found the tarball now, it was in home/bin

now all my old firefoxes were in /opt I can't get firefox into it

maybe I will try to extract it again

i get this message when trying to extract

Extraction not performed

You don't have the right permissions to extract archives in the folder "/

"You have to be root"

D'oh I forgot. I was in the wrong terminal. Okay Am now in the root terminal and now I have Firefox in my /opt dir I still can not get it to work.

Wtf Now Amarok will not play it says Error with PATH try running in terminal.

I tried to reboot, now I come up to my login page( Which never comes up) and my login is incorrect WTF

this is pissing me off I am not liking Linux very much