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Dear all,

i download firefox-3.0.2.tar.bz2 how to install this from shell.


Quote:Dear all,i download firefox-3.0.2.tar.bz2 how to install this from shell.
 

It is shipped as a binary, you don't need to install it.

 

Once extracted, simply run firefox from within the directory.


Extract it with:

 

tar jxvf firefox-3.0.2.tar.bz2

 

That should create a directory containing the necessary files. In there should be a binary called simply "firefox". Just run that, eg:

 

./firefox

 

(presuming you're doing this as non-root).

 

Note: what distribution are you using? There are probably easier ways of installing than downloading the pre-compiled binary.