XPost: alt.os.linux.mageia   
   From: TJ@noneofyour.business   
      
   On 01/14/2013 07:41 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:   
   > On 2013-01-14, TJ wrote:   
   >> On 01/14/2013 03:06 PM, Buckaroo Cowboy wrote:   
   >>> What is the trick to get this 18 to run?   
   >>> I unpacked it, and click on the firefox icon and nothing happens   
   >>> does this have to be installed thru an installer?   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> No problem here with it. Did you unpack it as root? If so, root owns it,   
   >> and would probably be the only one who can run it, unless you change the   
   >> ownership.   
   >   
   >    Most commands are owned by root. Why is that a problem?   
   >   
   I assumed, probably wrongly, that when the OP "clicked on the firefox   
   icon," he meant that while in dolphin he clicked on the icon for the   
   startup script in the newly-unpacked firefox directory. Starting it that   
   way is not using a "command."   
      
   It's quite possible to unpack and run firefox as an ordinary user. But,   
   while I haven't bothered to verify it myself, I believe that if firefox   
   is unpacked as root, ordinary users can't use that particular startup   
   script, unless root takes the extra step to provide access.   
      
   TJ   
      
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