Re: Newbie wants Firefox and Tbird

[Albert <albertwagner@cox.net>]

Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Friday 23 September 2005 05:58 am, Albert wrote:
>
> > 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. 
>
> Here's a demonstration on how I find and install a package I'm not sure exists 
> or what it's name is.
>
> apt-cache search <keyword> | less
>
> then, when I find the package I think is right, so I'll type
>
> apt-cache show <package> | less
>
> to see the package dependencies and description.  Then, using su or logging in 
> on another terminal, I'll
>
> apt-get install <package>
>
> (the | less means "send the output to the input of this other program called 
> less", and less lets you scroll up and down when you have a lot of output and 
> can also read text files.)
>
> > Do debian users not do this sort of thing?  If so, could someone point me
> > to the appropriate documentation?
>
>
> Might want to start with the basics before you try pulling off installing 
> something with a bunch of dependencies by hand; it'll just put you off the 
> whole Linux experience.

Thank you for an informative, but unnecessary, HOW-TO, though I
don't know what 'basics' you think I should start with.  My
primary working distro for several years has been LFS, and my
'Linux experience' has been delightful.  BTW, the Firefox and
Thunderbird binaries are pretty much self-contained with no
unusual dependencies.