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How to install firefox in the Linux?

Instating the software in the windows machines are very much simple just you have to click on the setup and install the software. But installing the software’s in linux is different than windows. Following shown is the step by step procedure to install firefox in linux

First download the firefox file .tar.bz2 from the firefox download page in the “/home” directory

After downloading the file open the terminal console and type

Code

$ su
<Password>
#mv firefox* /user/local/bin/
#cd/usr/local/bin
#tar –jxvf firefox*

Then logout with pressing Ctrl+ D
Type “kmenuedit” and you will get the GUI where you can add the entry in the web browser

Now make a new menu entry name it firefox and use command
/usr/local/bin/firefox/firefox

save and close the kmenuedit

Close the terminal

now you can see the menu you will get it there you can drag the firefox to desktop

Delete the .tar.bz2 file from the /usr/local/bin

Code for deleting the file

# rm /usr/local/bin/*.tar.bz2