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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. |
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I unzipped with tar -zxvf <filename> to the directory /usr/lib, checked that /usr/lib was in PATH with echo $PATH, and issued a 'firefox' command in terminal.
It runs, but I was just wondering if the terminal is supposed to 'hang', that is, should i be able to use the same terminal for other commands as it doesn't give me a new user prompt - I have to open a new terminal tab to do anything else. |