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Cd into their directories and run the application with ./ in front, such as ./firefox or ./thunderbird I keep new apps like this in ~/bin. Of course the best choice for Ubuntu is to find a .deb package to upgrade your existing apps. Mike Bougie wrote: > I've downloaded the Firefox and Thunderbird 1.5 tar.gz files and now > I'm completely at a loss as to how to install them. > > Running kubuntu 5.10 > > Thanks. > > ~Mike > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDzvdHwRXgH3rKGfMRApu/AJ9z/5lGae4fgZFD1H0ouNt5eG+x0ACdHZQi ZuHuNgWHcNzUBMK2OPc0WgQ= =6mQ7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
