Re: [SLUG] Newbie -> Can't execute anything I've downloaded

[Charles Myers <cmyers@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 17:55 +1000, Josh Shone wrote:
> Hello, first e-mail:
> 
> Trying to get Firefox 1.5 and Frostwire on to my Kubuntu 5.10 install. 
> Firefox comes in a tar.gz, Frostwire in a .deb package.
> 
> Firefox:
> I un-tar Firefox, and it apparently should run straight out of the 
> folder, but nothing in there will run. Permissions on everything says 
> it's owned by me (not root) with read and write, and Is Executable. 
> There's no installers that i can see in the folder. Got it straight from 
> getfirefox.com because Adept only has firefox 1.0.7. I had mandrake 9.2 
> on and did the same thing, ran firefox fine.
> 
> Frostwire:
> Downloaded it from frostwire.com with the Debian/Ubuntu link, I 
> right-click on the .deb and go to "Kubuntu Package Manager" -> "Install 
> Package". Does it's thing. Frostwire is now in my K Menu, but when I go 
> to open it, it loads  for a bit, then nothing. Disappears. Permissions 
> on anything to do with Frostwire (with a search) is owned by root, owner 
> can read and write, I can only read and is executable. (I don't know how 
> to log is as root to adjust these permissions, can't do it when logging 
> in and I'm having trouble logging in from a terminal << I don't know if 
> that can help...)
> 
> I can't think of anything else to try, any help would be great.
> 
> P.S. Just started leaning Linux, have installed, then wiped to: Mandrake 
> 9.2, Ubuntu 5.10, and have Kubuntu now. I still don't know much, just 
> getting a feel for some distros. Open-source is excellent... :-)



Have a look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirefoxNewVersion  dont know if
it will help you too much.. But it helped me put FFox 1.5 on Ubuntu...
(as the repositories only have 1.01-or something similar)....