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Originally posted by darkleaf Try "chmod +x firefox-installer" and then running it.
Thanks, but file permissions were the first things I checked. I'm logged in as root and, in any case, permissions are set to execute all files in the install dir.
in kde you really dont have to be root unless you are installing firefox into a global location like /usr. anyway you can right click the file and choose action/extract here and it will untar it into the current directory, then go into that directory and double-click the firefox-installer icon. no need for the command line
[QUOTE]Originally posted by jsmarshall85 in kde you really dont have to be root unless you are installing firefox into a global location like /usr. anyway you can right click the file and choose action/extract here and it will untar it into the current directory, then go into that directory and double-click the firefox-installer icon. no need for the command line [/QUOTE
KDE and agreed. That's how prior installers worked. But not this one. Double clicking the installer does nothing, not even an error message.
you might be missing some gtk packages. i know some earlier versions of the firefox installer would not work without some gtk packages. not sure what they were, but you might want to install gnome and then try. i know that sounds like a lot, but it has worked for me in the past.
the firefox download is an installer. when you untar the file from mozilla it creates a folder called firefox-installer. in there is a file called firefox-installer. you run that and it installs firefox.
what version of firefox came with suse 9.3 and can you wait until suse releases their update?
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