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Installing .tar.bz2 files

Asked by Emad William

I tried "./configure" and "make" and "make install" !!!
Nothing work. there's no readme file as well.

It's firefox3rc1 by the way.

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Nick Ellery (nick.ellery) said : 		#1

Have you extracted the files from the .tar.bz2 archive? Do this, and also provide the download link so that I can take you through the installation process.

Enter this into a terminal as well:
sudo apt-get install build-essential

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#2

I would think RC1 would be available via the normal upgrades before too long. It is best to not try to bypass the package manager to add software - especially if you are fairly new to Linux. However, if you can't wait, try following this:

http://icehot.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/how-to-install-firefox-3-rc1-in-ubuntu-hardy/

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Emad William (emadwilliam) said : 		#3

I'm not very new to Linux.
I extracted it of course. but there's no "configure" file. as well as "make".

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Emad William (emadwilliam) said : 		#4

If I can install firefox-3.0rc1 by another method, I also want to know how to install .tar.bz2 with the same problem

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Nick Ellery (nick.ellery) said : 		#5

Like Jim said, it would be best to wait for RC1 to be available as an update, instead of going through the trouble of figuring out how to install it.

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