On Thursday 12 May 2005 10:25 pm, Philippe Landau wrote: > hello > > how can i install firefox 1.0.4 from http://mozilla.org ? > the installer is seen as a text file, > how can i run it ? > > a similar question: > when mandriva does not know how to open a file in > for example thunderbird, how do i find matching applications ? > the dialog box does not display the mdr menu there. > > kind regards philippe philippe, open a console and cd to the file where you saved the firefox download . Then do "tar -xvzf firefox-installer*" . That will untar to a new folder called firefox-installer. Now do a cd again like" cd firefox-installer-1.0.4" then type in "./firefox-installer" all without quotes. This will start the install and you only have to click on a few accepts. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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