Re: Firefox 0.9 RPM for SUSE 9.1?

From: Dennis (respond_at_newsgroup.com)
Date: 06/18/04 

Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 22:17:04 GMT

Paul J Gans wrote:

>
> I just downloaded and installed Firefox 0.9 about an hour
> ago.
>
> If you go to the Mozilla site and get it from there you will
> have it as a gzipped tar file.
>
> I kept 0.8 in /usr/local/firefox, so I deleted the old contents
> of that directory. I then moved 0.9 to /usr/local, unzipped
> it and untarred it. That put all the programs into the
> firefox directory. I then deleted the tar file.
>
> I left-clicked on the Firefox icon on the desktop and
> chose properties. Up came a new box with an icon on
> it. I clicked on the icon and then clicked on "other icons".
> I chose "browse" and went to /usr/local/firefox/icons. There
> are two there; I picked the larger one.
>
> Under the application tab I browsed to /usr/local/firefox and
> clicked on the "firefox" file. And then I clicked OK.
>
> Previous versions had to be run first as root so that permissions
> were set up right. I don't know if that is still necessary but
> I did it anyway. It came right up.
>
> Then I logged in as me and redid the icon again for my desktop.
>
> Works fine.
>
> ----- Paul J. Gans

If you deleted your old Firefox directory first, (like the instructions say)
how do you transfer your old bookmarks to Firefox 0.9?

Dennis

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Cant change shortcut icon
    ... preferred Firefox, ... desktop I get an IE icon rather than a Firefox one. ... Why on earth can't one permanently save known _good_ Restore Points! ... with a virgin install just waiting to get molested for the first time. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: IE 6 vs. firefox
    ... >>> Now I am stuck with firefox. ... >>> html icon, it can't open. ... Settings> Control Panel> Internet Options. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser)
  • Re: Cant change shortcut icon
    ... Firefox, but for all that I decided I still preferred Firefox, so ... if I drag the icon at the start of the ... Why on earth can't one permanently save known _good_ Restore Points! ... install. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Cant change shortcut icon
    ... I had, in fact *uninstalled* IE6 via ... all that I decided I still preferred Firefox, ... if I drag the icon at the start of the url at the top of a web page ... I have just downloaded a fresh copy of Firefox 2, and after uninstalling ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: More firefox problems :(
    ... >> used the command line rpm installer and it looked like it installed, ... >> not locate any of the Firefox files. ... >> Firefox 9.2 to install after trying both Yast and the command line. ... The only "tricky" part is selecting an icon. ...
    (alt.os.linux.suse)