How to install Firefox 1.5.0.4

[Steven P. Ulrick]

On Sat, 8 Jul 2006 20:56:56 +0300
"Heikki Pesonen" <fossiili at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have Firefox 1.5.0.1. I downloaded 1.5.0.4 following the advice:
> 
> > Extract the tarball in the directory where you want to install
> > Firefox:
> >
> > tar -xzvf firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz
> >
> > This will create a firefox subdirectory of that directory.
> >
> Now I suppose I must start "configure" and after that "make" or "make
> install". But I can not find the configure script from the
> firefox-directory.
> 
> Unfortunately this is my first attempt to try to install a tarball
> program. Could you please give a newbie the necessary help?

Hello :)
Short answer: that tarball contains a pre-built version of Firefox.
You do not need to configure or make anything at at all :)

Long answer:
If you go into the directory that was created when you extracted the
tarball, the directories and files should look something like this:
http://www.afolkey2.net/firefox-1.5.0.4_ScreenShot.jpg

If they do, then all that you need to do is to name the directory
whatever you like (you can leave the name alone if you prefer) and put
it wherever you want it to be.
Here, step by step, is what I did just this morning with that exact
same tarball:
1. "tar -xzvf firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz" (which created a directory named
"firefox"
2. Changed to my home directory and ran the following command:
"mv firefox .firefox-1.5.0.4"  This put Firefox as a hidden directory
in my home directory.
3. Changed the "Application" tab on my Firefox icon to read as follows:
 '/home/steve/.firefox-1.5.0.4/firefox'
4. Now I can start Firefox 1.5.0.4 just by clicking an icon.

Also, the shell script that is named simply "firefox" is the file that
actually starts Firefox.

If you need any more help on this, let me know.  I will be glad to be
of service.

Steven P. Ulrick

P.S.: I am cc'ing you because I have not received copies of my last few
posts to this list.  They made it to the archives, and I just checked
to see if somehow the option about receiving copies of my own posts had
come unchecked (it didn't.)