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