firefox on mandrake 10...

[oldunion]

K, lets start by saying i am xp familiarized and will be unreceptive to l337 linux talk. ive downloaded firefox a few times but their directions are sketchy for installation. now i know you cant double click on an icon to install it, so what is the process for installing firefox? and the mozilla website was talking about how id need a java plugin for firefox, i would definately like to avoid this-possible?

 

[Whiteskin]

You only need java if you want java. Easiest way is to check the mandrake yum repositories.

http://stuff.mit.edu/people/patil/mandrake-firefox.html
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/11/vendor/2936/com/Mandrakeclub_nl.html for the rpms.

Read the manual (man rpm)

 

[Omega_Shadow]

The solution to this problem is to go into your home folder and, as root, delete the .mozilla folder. Then, as your normal user, create a new .mozilla folder in its place. After doing this, you should be able to run firefox as a normal user with no problem.

Could you explain that in Win-glish? How the heck do I become a root?

 

[asdfqwerty]

Could you explain that in Win-glish? How the heck do I become a root?

You become root by opening up a terminal, typing the command:

su

then put your root password in at the prompt.
when you are done being root type the command

exit

To the person who opened this thread:
The easiest (and best) way to install/remove software is using the package manager that comes with your distro. Someone said that it was yum for Mandrake, if that is true here is the instructions:

Open up a terminal window
type the command:

yum install firefox

then answer y to the prompt asking you if it's ok.

To learn more about yum and installing removing programs type in

yum help