[Novices] downloaded firefox

[Kevin Wixson]

Actually, I will be listening in on this one too. I'm interested in how to 
do it in the least manual way possible, which I assume Brock is too.



At 03:56 PM 12/29/2004, you wrote:

>Brock Inglehart wrote:
> >
> > I just downloaded firefox 1.0 to my desktop to try, but understand it is
> > some zipped file.  When I clicked on it I expected some kind of Wizard
> > (I know, bad word) to lead me through the install.  Not so.  I just got
> > a box with file names in it.  How do I turn this in to a Icon/working
> > program?
> > Brock
> >
>
>You are posting with Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 so I assume you are using
>gnome as a desktop environment.  Unfortunately I know very little
>about gnome or kde for that matter.  The install instructions in the
>following link would be preformed in terminal window.
>http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/#install
>
>When you say "clicked on it" where were you, desktop, file manager,
>terminal window, or where?
>
>If you still cannot get it installed post back with all of the
>information you can think of, like:
>Which linux distribution are you using
>Which desktop environment
>Which Firefox 1.0
>    firefox-1.0.installer.tar.gz or
>    firefox-1.0.tar.gz
>How much or little experience you have with linux
>And anything else you think might be helpful for someone to understand
>your situation.
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>Dennis
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