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Originally Posted by shep
Hey folks, i'm a total newbie at linux (only installed it yesterday) so don't be mad at me for querying this. I downloaded firefox, and unpacked the library files and binaries into /usr/lib/firefox. Now, am I correct in thinking that to run it, I need to enter the 'sh /usr/lib/firefox' command into the terminal? (cos it's working right now)
If so, is there any way that I can add a command to my shell profile so that I don't need to enter it every time I want to start a program.
If i'm way off here, could someone enlighten me with the correct procedure for installing and running programs in linux.
(i'm running RedHat 9 by the way and would rather learn how to do it properly instead of taking the rpm route)
thanks,
Shep.
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You mentioned that you unpacked the whole thing into /usr/lib/firefox
I guess you must have done an rpm install. If not, what did you do ?
You dont need to do
sh /usr/lib/firefox to run firefox. Issuing a firefox is more than enough. Provided, you have /usr/lib in your path. It is the same as issuing a mozilla. It (usually) picks up /usr/bin/mozilla and runs the script and later invokes another executable. Same should be the case with the firefox as well.
