One other thing... You might want to run the following immediately after editing your sources.list file and removing the hashes (#) on the deb lines.
sudo apt-get update This will update your databases for apt-get, not your actual programs. It only takes a couple of minutes for your system to do. John Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I hate to admit this, but I threw in the towel with installing Firefox. I did however get Opera 9 installed very easily. The difference seemed to be the installable .deb file that it was packaged as. The tar.gz Opera install gave me the same greif as Firefox. I still intend to figure out how to install tar.gz applications, but still, I'm glad to be away from the Konquerer browser. Also, thanks for the help everybody. -John --- In [email protected], "John Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry I didn't get back to you folks sooner. I'm still out of luck > with my Firefox install. I saw a 'deb' command, but I'm not sure how > to use it. Any further advice? > > Thanks again, > -John > > > --- In [email protected], "John Russell" <jrtcs@> wrote: > > > > Thanks for all the responses folks. I'll take another crack at this > > later tonight. I'll let you all know how it goes and what worked. > > > > -John > > > > --- In [email protected], "jontheisguy" <jontheisguy@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Some of the repositories have firefox listed as "mozilla- firefox". > > > Give that a try. Also you probably also have APT installed. So from > > > the command line, you could probably do a "apt-get install > > > mozilla-firefox". > > > > > > HTH, > > > jontheisguy > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "John Russell" <jrtcs@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I loaded Kubuntu 6.06 on my spare PC and got it connected to my ISP > > > > just fine. I'm not too crazy about Konquerer as a browser since I > > > > prefer Firefox. That being said, I downloaded the '.tar.gz' > file from > > > > Mozilla and loaded it to the desktop. The problem is that I can't > > > > figure out how to install it. I tried 'sudo aptget firefox' to no > > > > avail. I even tried using Adept, but it doesn't find it either. > > > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > -John > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- Have a burning question? Go to Yahoo! Answers and get answers from real people who know. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
