Newbie - Installing software on Linux Red Hat 7.* 1

[JanetCarmichael]

Hi:

I have recently started to use linux, i.e. started today

I have downloaded Mozill Firebird to /MozillaFirebird

I unzipped the bzip2 file with " bzip2 - cd thunder*|tar xv"

Now I have the folder "thunderbird" - with a number of files in it.

What should I do next to install firebird?

 

[fluid11]

Its already installed, just run the "MozillaFirebird" executable.

fyi, in Linux, a common place to store an application like this is in the /usr/local/ directory. Mine is located in /usr/local/MozillaFirebird/.



ChrisP
RHCE, LPIC-1, CCNA, CNE, MCSE, +10 others

 

[MarleneD]

Why would it be better to store it at /usr/local ?

Would this be because of better house keeping?

Thanks.

 

[fluid11]

Yes, and it complies with the FHS (Filesystem Heirarchy Standard).

http://www.pathname.com/fhs/

http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-4.9.html

ChrisP
RHCE, LPIC-1, CCNA, CNE, MCSE, +10 others

 

[flugh]

If you have problems with MozillaFirebird not launching for users (probably ones who have already run 'mozilla'), check out this thread. A pretty hard-to-find glitch the poster eventually found. Could save some headache ;-)

thread619-642668


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JBR