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

[Ron Spruell]

Nick/Ed -

Let's start over!

I download Firefox 1.5.0.5 from the Xandros Repository.  It installs

/etc/firefox
/usr/bin/firefox (with the share symbol under the folder)
/usr/lib/firefox
/usr/lib/firefox/firefox
/usr/lib/menu/firefox
/usr/lib/mime/packages/firefox
/usr/share/firefox
/usr/share/bug/firefox
/user/share/doc/firefox

All users can run this.

What are the steps to update Firefox to the latest version (Now 2.0) at
http://mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/?  I have downloaded firefox-2.0.tar.gz to
the desktop of the root user.  I could not get the chmod 755
/usr/bin/firefox to do anything.  

Ron Spruell 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: newbies-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:newbies-bounces at brlug.net] On Behalf
Of Nicholas Istre
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 9:37 PM
To: newbies at brlug.net
Subject: Re: [brlug-newbies] FW: FW: Installing Firefox 1.5.0.7 on Xandros 3

If the executable is /usr/bin/firefox, running the following as root
should set it up to be executable by all users:

chmod 755 /usr/bin/firefox

It really isn't that difficult, just sometimes we lack the information to
know what you need.

-Nick

On Thu, October 26, 2006 7:09 pm, Ron Spruell wrote:
> Ed-
>
> Since you didn't answer this, I ASSuME that it cannot be done easily.
>
> If I update Firefox in /usr/bin 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newbies-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:newbies-bounces at brlug.net] On
> Behalf
> Of Ron Spruell
> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 6:52 PM
> To: newbies at brlug.net
> Subject: [brlug-newbies] FW: FW: Installing Firefox 1.5.0.7 on Xandros 3
>
> 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
>
>
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