Poma wrote:
> Garry Knight wrote:
>> Poma wrote:
>>
>>> 1]I download FF2 in my /home directory.
>>> 2]I do -zxvf to untar it. It creates the FF directory.
>>> 3]cd firefox
>>> 4]now here, just typing firefox would launch the browser.
>>
>> If you're in the directory containing the firefox program, then just
>> typing 'firefox' would normally fail as the current directory isn't on
>> your
>> search path by default. You normally have to type './firefox'.
>>
>> I haven't followed this thread from the start, but it seems to me that
>> you're trying to run FF2 from /home/you/firefox while you've still got
>> FF1.5 installed in /usr/bin/firefox. If you were to look
>> in /usr/bin/firefox, you'd see that the 'firefox' program is actually a
>> symbolic link to the real program in another directory. You need to
>> replace
>> that symbolic link with a link to FF2.
>>
>> You can do this by opening a console and entering 'su' and then root's
>> password when asked. Then enter these 2 lines:
>>
>> rm /usr/bin/firefox
>> ln -s /home/you/firefox/firefox /usr/binfirefox
>>
>> In that last line, substitute your user name for the 'you'. You should
>> still
>> find that 'which firefox' replies with '/usr/bin/firefox' but you should
>> find that typing 'firefox' in a console (or './firefox' from within the
>> firefox directory itself) should run FF2. And any icons you've got for
>> Firefox should also run FF2.
>>
>> I would suggest that you uninstall FF1.5 before you do the above so
>> that you
>> don't run into any problems later on when you try to upgrade your system
>> and your link gets overwritten. I don't know PCLinuxOS, but you should be
>> able to remove FF1.5 with 'rpm -e firefox' in a console.
>>
>
> Hi Garry,
>
> Thanks a ton for ur help but still no success as the error pasted below
> will throw some light. BTW, I'm using FC6
> ================================
> [pom@localhost ~]$ su
> Password:
> [root@localhost sun]# rpm -e firefox
> [root@localhost sun]# rm /usr/bin/firefox
> rm: cannot lstat `/usr/bin/firefox': No such file or directory
> [root@localhost pom]# ln -s /home/pom/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
> [root@localhost pom]# cd firefox
> [root@localhost firefox]# firefox
> /home/pom/firefox/firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries:
> libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> [root@localhost firefox]# ./firefox
> ../firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5:
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> ================================================== =====
> Now I'm without FF1.5 too. Trying Konqueror thru GUI which for some
> strange reaons doesnt come up :-(
>
> Tia,
> Rgds Poms

Hi Garry,

Just to inform you and others that finally I got FF2 up and running.
When I got the libstdc++.so.5 error, I merely did yum install
libstdc++.so.5 in console and that got FF2 running.
Now whats really missing are my bookmarks, not much though. Btw, is
there anyway to get the News tab in FF2 which will list current news?
Garry and all others here, I sincerely appreciate all your help.
Thanks a ton!!
Rgds Poms