[NTLUG:Discuss] Firefox 1.5 installation question

[Robert Pearson]

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...