oh. Another problem. See below. Johnny Hughes wrote: > On Fri, 2007-02-02 at 14:48 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> One think I don't understand in all this Johnny. See below... >> >> Johnny Hughes wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 2006-10-27 at 09:06 -0400, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Fri, 2006-10-27 at 09:01 -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> I just did. I am very confused. I download the firefox-2.0.tar.gz >>>>> Untared it and the readme.txt was one sentence. nothing useful. >>>>> There is no install**** anything. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Here's the install procedure: >>>> >>>> 1. Download firefox tar.gz >>>> 2. Unpack >>>> >>>> That's it. Well, you could go further and put firefox in /usr/local (for >>>> example), and set up symlinks or something to get firefox 2.0 to run (or >>>> use the alternatives system to have both installed on your box). >>>> >>>> Hope hat helps a bit! >>>> >>>> >>> Right ... it is not an RPM, and it is pre-compiled. >>> >>> I put mine in /usr/lib/firefox-2.0 and did an ln -s >>> of /usr/lib/firefox-2.0/firefox to /usr/bin/firefox >>> I am getting permissions problems. /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.1.firefox has: -rwxr-xr-x So I can't figure out where my permissions go wrong. No problem running it from root! >>> I then copied the plugin in /usr/lib/firefox-2.0/plugins >>> to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugin and then removed /usr/lib/firefox-2.0/plugins >>> and created a ln -s from /usr/lob/mozilla/pligins >>> to /usr/lib/firefox-2.0/plugins. >>> >>> >> Why did you move the plugin out of 2.0/plugin, then create a symbolic >> link back there??? This is not computing for me. >> > > because /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins is where many things put plugins ... I > just put them all in there and sym linked that where firefox-2.0 wanted > it to be. > OK. Got it.