[brlug-newbies] FW: FW: Installing Firefox 1.5.0.7 on Xandros 3

[Ron Spruell]

If I download from the Repository, all users can run it.  That works.

If I update to 1.5.0.7 from the Internet as Administrator it runs when I am
logged on as Administrator.  But it will not run from any user's accounts.
How do I set the permissions so that all users can run it?  

Ron Spruell 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed [mailto:edslinuxbox at cox.net] 
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 10:53 AM
To: Ron Spruell
Subject: Re: [brlug-newbies] FW: Installing Firefox 1.5.0.7 on Xandros 3

If you install it from Xandros Networks, it will be available to all users.
If 
you install it to your home folder, then only that user can run it. It is
all 
about permissions. 

Ed



On 10/22/2006 09:16 am, Ron Spruell wrote:
> O.K. That works.  What is the best place to download and store Firefox? 
> The default repository, or in an individual user's folders?
>
> I see that the repository is extracted to /usr/lib.  So if I download
> 1.5.0.7 and extract to /user/lib it replaces 1.5.0.5.  That works.  How do
> I, or can I, set the permissions so that all users can run Firefox from
the
> /user/lib?  Is this a good idea?
>
> I would like to delete Firefox 1.5.0.7 from /home/bozo.
>
> Ron Spruell
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed [mailto:edslinuxbox at cox.net]
> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 6:06 PM
> To: newbies at brlug.net
> Cc: Ron Spruell
> Subject: Re: [brlug-newbies] FW: Installing Firefox 1.5.0.7 on Xandros 3
>
> On 10/21/2006 05:52 pm, Ron Spruell wrote:
> > I can install Firefox 1.5.0.5 from the Xandros repository and it works
> > fine.
> >
> >
> > Before I knew about the Xandros repository, I downloaded Firefox 1.5.0.7
> > from the Internet (Firefox site).  I downloaded the .tar file as the
> > Administrator.  I downloaded into folder /home/bozo/firefox.  When I try
>
> to
>
> > run 1.5.0.7 as the Administrator it works fine.  When I try to run as
> > "bozo", it doesn't work.
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Ron Spruell
>
> Ron,
>
> Since you downloaded the file as root,  "bozo" probably doesn't own or
have
> permission to run the executable. Open the file manager, navigate to the
> folder that firefox is installed in, right click on the folder, select
> properties, permissions, and set the ownership of the folder to "bozo" and
> check the box that says "apply ownership to this and all sub folders" and
> make sure that the owner can execute the file as well.
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Ed