[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Discuss Digest, Vol 36, Issue 29

Fri Dec 16 12:49:10 CST 2005

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>    1. Firefox 1.5 installation question (Charles Cashion)
>    2. Re: Firefox 1.5 installation question (Robert Pearson)
>    3. RE: Firefox 1.5 installation question (Burton Strauss)
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> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 08:39:41 -0600
> From: Charles Cashion <papacharles at dunjas.com>
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Firefox 1.5 installation question
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> I am running a Fedora Core 4 on a GQ3111 desktop.
> It uses an AMD processor. I downloaded Firefox 1.5
> and accepted the offer to allow it to install
> itself. The file that I downloaded was
> something-dot-tar-dot-gz. Past experience with tar
> files has demonstrated that they will (re)generate
> what ever directory structure that they target. So
> I felt pretty safe allowing the donwload to unpack
> itself.
>
> Surprise!!!
>
> It ended up in /tmp/firefox/firefox.
>
> So my question to all the other FF1.5 users in NT
> is: "where does  YOUR  FF1.5 reside?"
>
> I posted (ALMOST) this same question to n.m.firefox
> yesterday, but left out the bit about tar files.
> And the consequence is that I did not get a straight
> answer.
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> Tnx,
> Charles
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:58:43 -0600
> From: Robert Pearson <e2eiod at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Firefox 1.5 installation question
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> On 12/16/05, Charles Cashion <papacharles at dunjas.com> wrote:
> > I am running a Fedora Core 4 on a GQ3111 desktop.
> > It uses an AMD processor. I downloaded Firefox 1.5
> > and accepted the offer to allow it to install
> > itself. The file that I downloaded was
> > something-dot-tar-dot-gz. Past experience with tar
> > files has demonstrated that they will (re)generate
> > what ever directory structure that they target. So
> > I felt pretty safe allowing the donwload to unpack
> > itself.
> >
> > Surprise!!!
> >
> > It ended up in /tmp/firefox/firefox.
> >
> > So my question to all the other FF1.5 users in NT
> > is: "where does  YOUR  FF1.5 reside?"
>
> Wherever I put the "something-dot-tar-dot-gz" file and unpack it.
> On Linux I usually create "/opt/Firefox-'some version number'"
> and put it there. This is documented somewhere. I didn't figure
> this out for myself, I read it.
>
> During the testing phase of Firefox 1.5 I had both versions
> installed. Firefox 1.0.7 was installed in "/opt/Firefox-1.0.7"
> and Firefox 1.5 installed in my home directory.
> I wasn't sure what "root" user installation might do for
> privilege so I installed Firefox 1.5 as an ordinary user.
> The install, and using Firefox 1.5, worked just fine.
> Maybe I was just lucky.
> Installing with non-privileged user is not a good practice
> as most installs require "root" privilege because the
> executable needs to run with "root" privilege.
>
> On Windows it installs itself in something like
> "C:\Program Files\Firefox" by default.
> ( My path may not be exactly correct because I'm in )
> ( Linux right now. I don't own VMware - a real pain.  )
> I use D:\Program Files\Firefox (not C:) for all Apps so I have
> to select "Custom install" or "Change" to set the directory.
>
> I did not run dual versions on Windows. Because of a
> "cockpit error" the "1.5" install over-wrote the "1.0.7"
> install. It worked just fine.
>
>
> Robert...
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:10:44 -0600
> From: "Burton Strauss" <Burton_Strauss at comcast.net>
> Subject: RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] Firefox 1.5 installation question
> To: "'NTLUG Discussion List'" <discuss at ntlug.org>
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> Well, compressed archive files can have either absolute or relative paths
> embedded in them.  I'm guessing you expected on and got the other.
>
> As to where applications 'belong', that's a flame fest I'm ducking...
>
> -----Burton
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Charles Cashion
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> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Firefox 1.5 installation question
>
> I am running a Fedora Core 4 on a GQ3111 desktop.
> It uses an AMD processor. I downloaded Firefox 1.5 and accepted the offer
to
> allow it to install itself. The file that I downloaded was
> something-dot-tar-dot-gz. Past experience with tar files has demonstrated
> that they will (re)generate what ever directory structure that they
target.
> So I felt pretty safe allowing the donwload to unpack itself.
>
> Surprise!!!
>
> It ended up in /tmp/firefox/firefox.
>
> So my question to all the other FF1.5 users in NT
> is: "where does  YOUR  FF1.5 reside?"
>
> I posted (ALMOST) this same question to n.m.firefox yesterday, but left
out
> the bit about tar files.
> And the consequence is that I did not get a straight answer.
>
> Tnx,
> Charles
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