Guest surecure Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 (edited) I'm a complete linux newbie and I'm trying to get a handle on installing software. I downloaded firefox and did the following..tar -xzvf firefox-1.5.tar.gz . This created a folder called firefox in my home/user directory. I'm used to installing on windows where it will add the program to a list so I can launch it. What is my next step to start using firefox? Thanks for any help. --I've also tried going to the firefox folder in console and typing ./configure, ./make but I get the following bash: ./make: No such file or directory Edited December 31, 2005 by surecure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cage47 Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 I went to http://rmp.pbone.net and did a search for firefox. Then I downloaded the suse 9.3 rpm for firefox 1.5. Works fine. You'll just have to manually make the menu entry with menudrake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest surecure Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 I went to http://rmp.pbone.net and did a search for firefox. Then I downloaded the suse 9.3 rpm for firefox 1.5. Works fine. You'll just have to manually make the menu entry with menudrake. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thank you so much for the help. I took your advice and got an rpm off that site and I was able to add an icon to the menu using menudrake. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 I'm a complete linux newbie and I'm trying to get a handle on installing software. I downloaded firefox and did the following..tar -xzvf firefox-1.5.tar.gz . This created a folder called firefox in my home/user directory. I'm used to installing on windows where it will add the program to a list so I can launch it. What is my next step to start using firefox? Thanks for any help.--I've also tried going to the firefox folder in console and typing ./configure, ./make but I get the following bash: ./make: No such file or directory <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You only have to do ./configure, make, make install if you install from source. In this case you just have to start the firefox file in that directory. First you step in to that dir: cd firefox then launch it: ./firefox Don't forget the dot and the slash from the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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