On 23Feb2006 15:43, Ishtiaque Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| Today I downloaded Firefox 1.5 For Linux.
| I uninstall Pre-installed Firefox . Now I need a fresh Firefox 1.5
| This is the file : firefox-1.5.0.1.tar.gz
Where did you get it from?
| After unzip that file I couldent found any make file
| so I can't use "make install" command
That is because it is a binary distribution, not source code.
| what do I do now
I am presuming this is their normal binary tarball.
I do this (from memory, untested):
mkdir /tmp/ff
cd /tmp/ff
tar xvzf $HOME/firefox-1.5.0.1.tar.gz
# now I have a subdirectory called "firefox"
mv firefox /opt/firefox-1.5.0.1
cd /opt
rm -f firefox
ln -s firefox-1.5.0.1 firefox
cd /usr/local/bin
ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox firefox
ln -s /opt/firefox-1.5.0.1/firefox firefox-1.5.0.1
The result of this is that in /usr/local/bin I have a "firefox" that
points at my generic firefox, and a "firefox-1.5.0.1" that points at
that specific version.
This has the advantage that I can later install another firefox the same
way _without_ first removing version 1.5.0.1. If I like the new one I
adjust /opt/firefox to point at the new version. Also, uninstallation
is as simple as:
rm -r /opt/firefox-1.5.0.1
instead of finding stuff in /usr/bin and /usr/lib and ...
| Any one installed Firefox 1.5 . I also downloaded Thunderbard that's
| also same
| Using Fedora Core 4
The procedure will be the same.
There _should_ be instructions on the web site from which you fetched
the download file, or in a file named "INSTALL" or "README" inside
the tarball.
Cheers,
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