[Mailinglist] Agenda for the month of October 2006

[Mahesh Aravind]

Krishnan,


--- krishnan <sknann at yahoo.co.in> wrote:

> i tried installing mozilla firefox1.5.0.7. in open surce(debian). but failed
> . can u guid me in installing it. i have downloaded the tar.gz file and
> unzipped it.
> 

Being a distro like Debian, I wouldn't want to install Firefox thru a tarball. 
I'd go for an

    # aptitude install mozilla-firefox

But the version provided with "Sarge" (current stable) is 1.0.5 (correct me if
I'm wrong, I myself am an epiphany fan).  Try adding a link to Debian Sid in
/etc/apt/sources.list or do it thru Synaptic (a loooot easier on part of
newbies).

Open Synaptic, include the Debian Sid link.  Refresh the list.  select
mozilla-firefox and install.  Voila, you have Firefox.

If you insist on installing from a tarball, go to /usr/local/src.  untar it
(don't forget to "su"). then run the install.bin or equivalent (I haven't tried
installing from a tarball for a loong time).

make sure the installation goes to /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin and
then add a symlink from /usr/local/bin to the original binary.

I currently don't have access to my box.  Old timers correct me if they find
anything wrong.

No worries,

Mahesh Aravind


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