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installing/running programs.

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)

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