[NBLUG/talk] Setting default browser

[Todd Cary]

Frank -

<<<  Where you put the tarball shouldn't really matter. >>>
In my case, the executable, "firefox", is in 
/home/todd/install_firefox/.  That is where I untarred the tarball.

<<<  I don't even know what a "rpm index" is. >>>
I may be using an inaccurate term, however I thought that RH keeps a 
list of installed rpm's.

Todd

E Frank Ball wrote:

>On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 03:21:45PM -0700, Todd Cary wrote:
>} Christopher -
>} 
>} Thank you!  I did find it, however I made a mistake in where I put the 
>} tarball and did the install, so I would appreciate a suggestion on where 
>} one should put the tarbar when doing an install.
>} 
>} Currently, it is in /home/todd...not good.  And a directory, 
>} firefox_install, was created with all of the files in it except for the 
>} plugin files.  They are in /usr/lib/mozilla.
>
>Where you put the tarball shouldn't really matter.  As you note it
>installs the files in the correct place regardless of where you put the
>tarball.  I usually put tar'ed sources in /usr/local/src/, but some
>folks have a preference for other locations (in /opt/ is the most common
>other place).
>
>
>} And when I download a rpm file, should I put that into the Reh Hat rpm 
>} directory?
>
>If you want.  I use /usr/local/rpms/, but that's something I made up.
>
>
>} Does "rpm -i myapp.n.n.n.rpm" enter the application into the rpm index?
> 
>I don't even know what a "rpm index" is.  rpm -i installs the rpm (see
>"man rpm").
>
>
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