I am new to Linux and hoping you folks can help me. I am trying to install only my second program ever. I am having trouble. I am running Red Hat 9 and am trying to install Mozella Firebird. I have unpacked it but cannot find anything that looks like install instructions. I am not 100% sure what I should be looking for. I was hoping someone here could help. Thanks in advance.

Cheers,
Scott

you're either looking for a file called mozilla-installer
or a file called configure
if it's the first
open a terminal
cd to moz installer folder
su to root
type ./mozilla-installer

if it's the second option

open a terminal
cd to moz installer folder
type
./configure
when it's finished
type make
then
su to root
and type make install

Or if you can find any .rpm files, chances are that will do the trick. (If there are none, refer to salparadises post for the terminal instructions)

I ran the RH9 RPM file, now how do I run mozilla firebird?

you can also run MozillaFirebird right out of the package with the command ./MozillaFirebird works just fine but you dont have to install it ...

yes. i got thrown for a loop when i realized mozilla firebird didn't need to be configured and installed!

Also - read the README or INSTALL files along with any package.

they can be realy very helpful and informative.

MozillaFireBird package doesnt come with README nor INSTALL text. Not nice . you have to do some copying around.

If you unziped the file to your home directory in a terminal do:
1. download gz-file from mozilla.org.
2. tar -xzvf MozillaFirebird-0.6.1-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
3. su
Password: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
4. mv MozillaFirebird /usr/local
5. ln -s /usr/local/MozillaFirebird/MozillaFirebird /usr/bin
6 exit

now you can run Firebird by: MozillaFirebird from command prompt.
I run RH8-Gnome2.2. and I just created an icon on my panel...cool phenix.

Hope this helps.