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Old 11-06-2005, 06:04 AM   #1
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Need help starting firefox


I downloaded and installed firefox 1.0.7 but cannot find the executable, the only thing I can find is a shell script in the firefox directory, that starts firefox but is that normal?
 
Old 11-06-2005, 06:12 AM   #2
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yep. symlink it to /usr/bin if you want to
 
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Or just open a console and type in firefox.
 
  


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