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I have downloaded Firfox 6 on my Linux machine,but not able to run the setup. Please do help!

bandivadekar.prathamesh
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I have downloaded Firefox firefox-6.0.2.tar.bz2 on my linux machine. I am not run the setup as usual i do on my windows. Please do direct me to any documentation for the setup.

I have downloaded Firefox firefox-6.0.2.tar.bz2 on my linux machine. I am not run the setup as usual i do on my windows. Please do direct me to any documentation for the setup.

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cor-el
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Firefox doesn't use a setup program on Linux. You can simply extract the files in the tar.bz2 archive to a folder and crate a launcher to run the firefox script.

the-edmeister
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https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Installing+Firefox+on+Linux

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxNewVersion/MozillaBuilds