Hello All,
First, I want to thank all those who gave tips on installing debian 3.1 with linux26 kernel. I have downloaded firefox 1.5 but it is a self running software and I want to avoid duplicating it for every user. So what is a common location that I can use for installation for all users and only their profile is stored in their own home folder?
Regards,
Rony.
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On 9/27/06, Rony ronbillypop@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
First, I want to thank all those who gave tips on installing debian 3.1 with linux26 kernel. I have downloaded firefox 1.5 but it is a self running software and I want to avoid duplicating it for every user. So what is a common location that I can use for installation for all users and only their profile is stored in their own home folder?
As per the filesystem heirarchy standard, add-on packages should be in /opt
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#OPTADDONAPPLICATIONSOFTWAREPACK...
On 9/27/06, Rony wrote:
Hello All,
First, I want to thank all those who gave tips on installing debian 3.1 with linux26 kernel. I have downloaded firefox 1.5 but it is a self running software
and you dont want to installed prepackaged firefox (as in deb/rpm) because?
Vihang Dudhalkar wrote:
and you dont want to installed prepackaged firefox (as in deb/rpm) because?
Old version available in synaptec. Firefox site does not have deb package.
Regards,
Rony.
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On 9/28/06, Rony ronbillypop@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Vihang Dudhalkar wrote:
and you dont want to installed prepackaged firefox (as in deb/rpm) because?
Old version available in synaptec. Firefox site does not have deb package.
Use backports. backports.org is an unofficial repository of backports for the current stable distribution, prepared by Debian developers. and also check http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions
And this is the best method to install newer packages on debian stable. (there are some other repos like dotdeb and apt-get.org but they are highly unstable..)
Vihang Dudhalkar wrote:
On 9/28/06, Rony ronbillypop@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Old version available in synaptec. Firefox site does not have deb package.
Use backports. backports.org is an unofficial repository of backports for the current stable distribution, prepared by Debian developers. and also check http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions
Thanks. I did it and saw firefox 1.5 in the list.
Regards,
Rony.
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On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 09:22:27PM +0530, Rony wrote:
Vihang Dudhalkar wrote:
and you dont want to installed prepackaged firefox (as in deb/rpm) because?
Old version available in synaptec. Firefox site does not have deb package.
ii firefox 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0 lightweight web browser based on Mozilla
That is on Ubuntu Dapper Drake, though. I don't have access to a debian box that has firefox installed. That box has not been updated since last week, too.
/me updates
ii firefox 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.7-ubunt lightweight web browser based on Mozilla
On Wednesday 27 September 2006 17:01, Rony wrote:
First, I want to thank all those who gave tips on installing debian 3.1 with linux26 kernel. I have downloaded firefox 1.5 but it is a self running software and I want to avoid duplicating it for every user. So what is a common location that I can use for installation for all users and only their profile is stored in their own home folder?
either put it in /usr/bin/firefox or /usr/local/bin/firefox.
Remember to create a symlink in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin to firefox's binary. For eg.
firefox -> /usr/bin/firefox-1.5/firefox
either put it in /usr/bin/firefox or /usr/local/bin/firefox.
Remember to create a symlink in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin to firefox's binary. For eg.
firefox -> /usr/bin/firefox-1.5/firefox
isnt /usr/local/bin and /usr/bin deprecated for additional software ? the standard these days seem to be /opt more commonly used.
-- Dinesh A. Joshi
On Wednesday 27 September 2006 03:39, Harsh Busa wrote:
isnt /usr/local/bin and /usr/bin deprecated for additional software ? the standard these days seem to be /opt more commonly used.
may be. i dunno. all i know is that all my additional software goes into /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin. Then again I use FC2 :P
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 10:31:27PM +0530, Rony wrote:
First, I want to thank all those who gave tips on installing debian 3.1 with linux26 kernel. I have downloaded firefox 1.5 but it is a self running software and I want to avoid duplicating it for every user. So what is a common location that I can use for installation for all users and only their profile is stored in their own home folder?
Debian? Why couldn't you sudo apt-get install firefox?
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