Re: New firefox installation

On Sunday 23 April 2006 07:35, Githin Alapatt wrote:

> I recently installed the latest release of firefox. Now how do I make
> it open by default? Now I have to go to to my home folder and then cd
> firefox and then ./firefox to run it.

Find out where the old firefox is installed. You can do this with the  whereis 
command. ie whereis firefox. Then replace that file with a link to the 
firefox binary in your home directory. Use ln command. Note that this 
approach won't work for multiple users ie only you will be able to use 
firefox.

I think you can also create a soft link in bin (or .dist/bin in some cases, 
check echo $PATH) to firefox. I think this will override the older firefox. 

> And is it ok to remove off the 
> older one coz the newer one has imported all the bookmarks and
> favourites from the old one?

All bookmarks, cookies, etc is stored in the .mozilla/firefox directory in you 
home folder. So, this information will remain there even if you remove the 
old firefox. Just in case, take backup of this folder.

-Devendra Laulkar.