FireFox

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:50 pm

I thought I would install the new firefox on my computer. (Red Hat 9) and i did this
# tar xzf firefox-??????????.tgz
Lines of code
#cd firefox-??????????
#./configure
NO SUCH FILE OR FOLDER

WTF?

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:52 pm

from what I've heard, the installer for Mozilla and Firefox has some flaws on it. Try finding an RPM instead.

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:55 pm

Hmm... Maybe do a ls to figure out what files are where... Are you sure you didnt go into a folder of a previous firefox installation?
Also try this code:
tar -xzvf firefox-1.0.installer.tar.gz
cd firefox-installer
./firefox-installer
Thats from the documentation page... http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/
Also are you root? Sometimes this stuff wont work if you arnt root.

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:12 pm

what you just typed is exactly what I did and I was root. Hmm I realy don't care. How much better could firefox be

MM007 · Post by **MM007** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:21 pm

MUCH better. You can even use tabs in it.

That means have a bunch of websites in one window so they don't cram your taskbar full.

I used IE for 5 years before using FireFox, and once I installed Firefox, I rarely used IE. The only time I use IE is for a few sites with advanced Flash abilities and to view sites that won't work with anything else. I use Firefox literally over 99% of the time, though.

Geebs61 · Post by **Geebs61** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:30 pm

MM007 wrote:MUCH better. You can even use tabs in it.

That means have a bunch of websites in one window so they don't cram your taskbar full.

I used IE for 5 years before using FireFox, and once I installed Firefox, I rarely used IE. The only time I use IE is for a few sites with advanced Flash abilities and to view sites that won't work with anything else. I use Firefox literally over 99% of the time, though.

Uhmm... FIrefox can see flash too. You just need the plugin.

Post by **gannon** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:32 pm

MM007 wrote:MUCH better. You can even use tabs in it.

Odds are that he's using Mozilla 1.6 or so, so he already has tabs.
I will say that firefox is much nicer than mozilla though. I never had any troubles installing from either rpm or tarball

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:46 pm

Geebs61 wrote:
MM007 wrote:MUCH better. You can even use tabs in it.

That means have a bunch of websites in one window so they don't cram your taskbar full.

I used IE for 5 years before using FireFox, and once I installed Firefox, I rarely used IE. The only time I use IE is for a few sites with advanced Flash abilities and to view sites that won't work with anything else. I use Firefox literally over 99% of the time, though.
Uhmm... FIrefox can see flash too. You just need the plugin.

Flash isnt a problem, its java thats a pain in the butt. It takes a bit to get working, but once you do its great.