Re: Newbie wants Firefox and Tbird
Joseph Haig wrote:
> --- Albert <albertwagner@cox.net> wrote:
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>>I am a new user of Debian. My first task after system install is
>>to install Firefox and Tbird, preferably the latest 1.0.6 or
>>1.0.7. It's a piece of cake to download and install these from
>>the mozilla site, but I have no idea how I might then wrap them
>>with an icon and to get them to show in the menus. Do debian
>>users not do this sort of thing? If so, could someone point me
>>to the appropriate documentation?
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> Firefox and Thunderbird are already in the Debian distribution. Try:
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> $ apt-get install mozilla-firefox mozilla-thunderbird
>
> ... or install them via aptitude. Hope this helps.
It does, I'm sure, but I think we should teach new users how to fish
more, rather than breastfeed them. No offence intended.
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