plz help me install firefox 2

[Maaz]

Dear all I already have firefox 1.5.0.4 installed.
Now I wana install firefox 2, to download,
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ ... and download the "firefox-2.0.0.2.tar.gz"

"unzip > untar" via
tar -xzvf firefox-2.0.0.2.tar.gz
then
cd firefox

here i try to run every executable file to begin the installation, but none of the executeble installs the firefox.

I even try to run "./config" and "./configure" in the firefox directory, but no benefit
#./config
bash: ./config: No such file or directory
#./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory

I also tried
#make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

I have attached "ls -l" output of "firefox" directory

plz help
Regards
Maaz

[Bryan Eley]

What flavor of linux are you installing this on? Do you need to uninstall the 1.5.x version first? Do you need to actually compile the program? If not, take a look at http://fosswire.com/screencasts/html/ff2.html

Also, for installation notes see http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.2/releasenotes/#install

[Maaz]

Thanks
>What flavor of linux are you installing this on?
Redhat WS 3, and Suse 10.

>Do you need to uninstall the 1.5.x version first?
Yes I have uninstalled it already (#rpm -e MozillFirefox-version).

>Do you need to actually compile the program?
I just need to install the program either using rpm file, or otherwise "complile and install"... but simply I wana install the firefox, and the firefox folder doesnt contain any file, that begins the installation.

>If not, take a look at http://fosswire.com/screencasts/html/ff2.html.
Ok, thanks.. I already have done this process. but issue is that, when i run firefox > help > About Mozilla Firefox, it still shows me the old version i.e Firefox version 1.5.0.4. Even I have already uninstalled the 1.5.0.4 rpm, and this firefox is the version 2.

Thanks
Regards
Maaz

[Matti_Kurkela]

At this point, you don't need to compile anything: you've downloaded a binary package that is already compiled.

Firefox does not need an "installation program": when you untar it, it is immediately ready to run.

Just move the untarred directory to a location of your choice (I prefer /usr/local/firefox).

Then make a symbolic link to /usr/local/bin so that the "firefox" binary is available without typing the entire PATH:

ln -s /usr/local/firefox/firefox /usr/local/bin/

As you have removed the .rpm packaged version of Firefox from your system, your desktop environment does not automatically "know" you have Firefox installed. It's now your job to make this version of Firefox available in desktop menus and the like. Read the documentation of your Linux distribution to find out the recommended way to do that.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

If its available I recommend the rpm version of firefox. There is probably a very good reason if it does not exist yet. It may require libraries that are not yet integrated into the OS.

I use FC6 for day to day work at home. My general rule after having used this bleeding edge OS exclusively for some months is: If Fedora Core hasn't rolled it yout (via yum) then its probably a bad idea for me to use it.

I say this in spite of serious problems I have with certain sites and FC6 with Firefox 1.5

SEP

[Maaz]

Thanks Dear Matti kukela for help
Ok, its cleared... confusion gone, i.e "Firefox does not need an "installation program": when you untar it, it is immediately ready to run."

But the problem remains... and that is this new firefox shows its version as 1.5.0.4, instead of "2".
firefox > help > About Mozilla Firefox > Firefox version 1.5.0.4., even though, I already have removed the MozillFirefox(1.5.0.4) rpm.

why it shows the old version(uninstalled version) ?

[Bryan Eley]

Where are you running the firefox binary from? It sounds like the 1.5.x version still exists in the profile or that if you're running the shortcut from the SuSE or Red Hat task bar it's pointing to the old version somewhere. What happens if you run the FF2 binary from the directory where you untarred the FF2 files? You may need to create a shortcut to it.

[Alpha977]

Hello Maaz!

I have installed FF2 on HP-UX and Linux Fedora.

Untar the tgz, then run ./firefox and it start and ask you if you want it for favorite browser and it install automatically.

Regards.

[Maaz]

EveryOne Thanks for help.
And Sorry I waste your precious time.

the reason for the new firefox shows me old version is that I dont have unintalled the rpm(1.5) completely... i.e I just uninstalled(forcefully) MozillaFirefox, but didnt uninstalled MozillaFirefox-translations, and this is the main cause of version issue...

#rpm -e --nodeps MozillaFirefox
#rpm -e MozillaFirefox-tranlations

cd firefox
./firefox.. working quite and ALSO shows the right version

Thanks All

[Maaz]

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