Re: [SLE] Firefox 1.0 Install

From: Glenn Holmer (gholmer_at_ameritech.net)
Date: 11/30/04

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    Aaron Bridge wrote:
    > I downloaded and thought I installed Firefox 1.0 correctly. Anyway, I
    > unzipped the tarball and ran the installer with no problem. It
    > installed the firefox-installer into my home directory. I click on the
    > "Firefox" icon
    > (the icon looks like a piece of paper instead of the regular Firefox
    > icon)and the "Run or Display" window appears. I have to choose "Run" in
    > order to launch Firefox. I would just like to have the icon on my desktop
    > and be able to click it but i can't seem to make it happen. Any help would
    > be appreciated. I'm running 9.1 pro. Thanks as always

    Try this instead of downloading from the Mozilla site:

    ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/mozilla/firefox/1.0/

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