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Ok, so I've got this PC, and I've managed to sucessfully install MandrakeLinux 10.1 Community on it (actually pretty simple to do so).
So, Mandrake is now running, and I'm trying to get Firefox installed.
I've downloaded the installer and extrated the files from the archive. Now, I've run the installer and the application seems to run. BUT - every time I want to launch it, I've got to manually go to the folder where all the files are and launch a shell script called "Firefox." There is no 'normal' Firefox application icon, nor can I find it in my KDE application launcher.
How do I get this thing properly installed? How can I get an icon in to my "start" (for lack of a better term) menu?
I'm posting this from Firefox, so I can get it running, but I can't imagine I'm supposed to manually find a shell script each time...
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Originally posted by Komisar:
Just use the g5
Thanks... very helpful. 
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Originally posted by Cadaver:
I'm posting this from Firefox, so I can get it running, but I can't imagine I'm supposed to manually find a shell script each time...
I'm not using the english version of Mandrake, so please bare with me if my explenation is not 100% correct.
Right click on the KDE Bar, click the "customize panel(bar?)" option, click the menu folder, click customize KDE bar. (This can be done from the "start docky" but this is faster)
Go to where you want it to be. Choose the option "Add a program". Choose a name for the program (Firfox) and add the command to start it, for example cd /usr/etc/firefox;./firefox
Save it,
done.
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Originally posted by MrSundberg:
I'm not using the english version of Mandrake, so please bare with me if my explenation is not 100% correct.
Right click on the KDE Bar, click the "customize panel(bar?)" option, click the menu folder, click customize KDE bar. (This can be done from the "start docky" but this is faster)
Go to where you want it to be. Choose the option "Add a program". Choose a name for the program (Firfox) and add the command to start it, for example cd /usr/etc/firefox;./firefox
Save it,
done.
Awesome first POST!
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Originally posted by MrSundberg:
I'm not using the english version of Mandrake, so please bare with me if my explenation is not 100% correct.
Right click on the KDE Bar, click the "customize panel(bar?)" option, click the menu folder, click customize KDE bar. (This can be done from the "start docky" but this is faster)
Go to where you want it to be. Choose the option "Add a program". Choose a name for the program (Firfox) and add the command to start it, for example cd /usr/etc/firefox;./firefox
Save it,
done.
Thanks! That helps. Its now added to my KDE menu. Much better than digging around for the script. Still not sure I installed it in the right place (though I amazed I've gotten this far). But I can live with a Firefox folder in my Home directory...
Linux's install procedures need to improve a lot before it can gain desktop market share. Even Windows does a better job.
Now - if I can just find some fonts that look decent in Firefox. Fonts look fine in OpenOffice, but just awful in Firefox and Konqueror.
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