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newfedorahat

25th June 2007, 04:21 AM

Solved: Solution for KDE users at post #10; for Gnome users, try post #8

I finally got Fedora 7 installed today, and I'm trying get firefox up and going. I dled the "firefox-2.0.0.4.tar.gz" onto the desktop since I can't find any folder similar to the "program files" folder I had on XP. The tar.gz file opens with this strange "Ark" thing, lists everything inside firefox. Then I'm stumped. Where is firefox?? The program. So I can use it. ??

What am I suppose to open "firefox-2.0.0.4.tar.gz" with to get it to install?

Gnafu the Great

25th June 2007, 04:27 AM

Open a terminal, and, as root, type the following:

yum install firefox

This will install Firefox from the official Fedora 7 repository.

Seve

25th June 2007, 04:30 AM

Gnafu the Great

25th June 2007, 04:34 AM

Hello:
Linux <=> windows
You probably already have firefox installed ?
Click on web browser.

If you want ff 2.0.0.4, then do a
yum update

See the FAQ's here .... they should help you
Some Linux Basics (http://www.fedorafaq.org/basics/) How do I install software in Fedora? (http://www.fedorafaq.org/#installsoftware)

Seve

I've heard the KDE live CD does not include Firefox, but I can't say from experience.

EDIT: This is assumuming he installed from the live CD.

Seve

25th June 2007, 04:38 AM

I've heard the KDE live CD does not include Firefox, but I can't say from experience.

EDIT: This is assumuming he installed from the live CD.
Hello:
Interesting :)
You could be correct, as I have not used it either ?

Seve

newfedorahat

25th June 2007, 04:56 AM

I've heard the KDE live CD does not include Firefox, but I can't say from experience.

EDIT: This is assumuming he installed from the live CD.

All correct.

newfedorahat

25th June 2007, 04:58 AM

Open a terminal, and, as root, type the following:

yum install firefox

This will install Firefox from the official Fedora 7 repository.

How do you open a "terminal"? Step-by-step please or just link to directions; I haven't had the chance to learn everything yet.

Gnafu the Great

25th June 2007, 05:00 AM

How do you open a "terminal"? Step-by-step please; I haven't had the chance to learn everything yet.

I'm not familiar with KDE, so I will use general terms. Open your program menu (should be located around where Windows' Start menu is) and try either Accessories-->Terminal, System Tools-->Terminal, or something similar. It should be somewhere in the program menu. In F7, with GNOME, it is under Applications-->System Tools-->Terminal.

boxxertrumps

25th June 2007, 05:35 AM

In FC6 (not sure about 7...) you right click and select "konsole"

The thing you will have to learn is that Lin != Win. the binary directory is /bin, /usr/bin and /home/you/bin.
tar.gz an archive format, like zip, but a combination of two formats:
tar puts files into a "tarball", basically sticks the files together.
gz is gzip, which compresses the tarball.
Ark is the archive manager, which decompresses and pulls the tarball apart.

you want to put this into the console... (new line = press enter.)
cd ./Desktop
tar -zxvf firefox-2.0.0.4.tar.gz
cd ./firefox-2.0.0.4
./configure
./make
./make install

THAT IS if memory serves...
Anyone feel free to correct me.

newfedorahat

25th June 2007, 05:52 AM

Right click on the desktop does indeed bring up a menu where you click Konsole, in KDE. I couldn't find anything named "Accessories" or "Terminal" which leads me to believe that Konsole is the terminal. If this is correct, then I'll need to email http://www.fedorafaq.org/basics/#terminal about it (contact at bottom). Plus, Konsole looks very much like the command prompt for windows.

I tried cd ./Desktop & tar -zxvf firefox-2.0.0.4.tar.gz but it didn't work.

"yum install firefox" is currently going perfectly. For newcomers using KDE, open Konsole --> enter su - (this roots you; it's require) --> enter password (you should know it; you made it when installing fedora) --> enter yum install firefox

Now I'm wondering how is a newcomers suppose to know to enter that particular code?

Note that Fedora installs some bookmarks onto your firefox browser, which is annoying, but I found some useful.

boxxertrumps

25th June 2007, 07:45 AM

The package manager is called yum, you can get a nice GUI for it if you dig around i the menus. Should be in Administration/System.
Also, try out a few different GUIs for yum. The default is pirut, but you can also get kyum or yumex. Kpackage seems gimped to me, but i might not be using it properly.
yum install yumex kyum kpackage
goes into the console, if you want to try them out.

markkuk

25th June 2007, 08:53 AM

For newcomers using KDE, open Konsole --> enter su - (this roots you; it's require) --> enter password (you should know it; you made it when installing fedora) --> enter yum install firefox

Now I'm wondering how is a newcomers suppose to know to enter that particular code?

Newcomers can use the graphical "Add/Remove Software" utility, or did they omit that from the KDE LiveCD?

Cool Surfer

25th June 2007, 02:47 PM

You guys are great. There is so much to be learnt. Thanks :)

But this is not working for me

you want to put this into the console... (new line = press enter.)
cd ./Desktop
tar -zxvf firefox-2.0.0.4.tar.gz
cd ./firefox-2.0.0.4
./configure
./make
./make install

THAT IS if memory serves...
Anyone feel free to correct me.

I have firefox .gz downloaded on desktop.

Seve

25th June 2007, 05:27 PM

How do you open a "terminal"? Step-by-step please or just link to directions; I haven't had the chance to learn everything yet.
Hello:
You were already give the instructions a few posts back ????
It will never get any easier than that.

Once again see the : http://www.fedorafaq.org/basics/ and http://www.fedorafaq.org/#installsoftware

Seve

newfedorahat

25th June 2007, 05:31 PM

You guys are great. There is so much to be learnt. Thanks :)

But this is not working for me[HTML]

I have firefox .gz downloaded on desktop.

Try it the way on post #10; that way worked for me.

Newcomers can use the graphical "Add/Remove Software" utility, or did they omit that from the KDE LiveCD?

Speaking from limited knowledge, I looked around and found it: K menu -> System -> Add/Remove Software
When you open it, it's called Package Mananger. From there it doesn't look to difficult to get use to.

newfedorahat

25th June 2007, 05:34 PM

Hello:
You were already give the instructions a few posts back ????
It will never get any easier than that.

Once again see the : http://www.fedorafaq.org/basics/ and http://www.fedorafaq.org/#installsoftware

Seve

See post #10. It went fine.

boxxertrumps

25th June 2007, 06:00 PM

command line interface == console == terminal

Also, it's no wonder the script didnt work.... there is a directory "firefox" inside the tar.gz...
But from now on, look through the package manager if you want to gte a program, it's probabally there, or an equivilent.

daihard

26th June 2007, 05:39 AM

Newcomers can use the graphical "Add/Remove Software" utility, or did they omit that from the KDE LiveCD?
Let me ask a related question here... Is the KDE Live CD the only way to intall Fedora 7 with KDE? Does the "regular" install DVD include KDE packages at all?

newfedorahat

26th June 2007, 05:51 AM

Let me ask a related question here... Is the KDE Live CD the only way to intall Fedora 7 with KDE? Does the "regular" install DVD include KDE packages at all?
For what I understand, the DVD has "everything" so I would believe yes. Common sense would also say yes, but we don't always follow common sense. I found a list of packages that came with Fedoras but I didn't keep/need it. Sorry I couldn't have been of more help.

markkuk

26th June 2007, 06:27 AM

Does the "regular" install DVD include KDE packages at all?
Yes, I installed from the DVD and set up a KDE desktop system.

daihard

26th June 2007, 08:00 AM

Yes, I installed from the DVD and set up a KDE desktop system.
Ah, great. Thanks for the information! :)

N1tr0g3n

29th September 2011, 02:14 PM

How do you open a "terminal"? Step-by-step please or just link to directions; I haven't had the chance to learn everything yet.
To open terminal in KDE right-click on the desktop and select Konsole
BTW i am experiencinq the same problems with FF
People!!! Yum update didnt help! (i've tried distro-sync as well)