Firebird 0.7 Install Questions

[jodef]

Ok I did a basic install to /home/username/MozillaFirebird
I click on the firebird script and the browser launches cool.

Here's my two questions:

1. I want to create a shortcut to firebird on my desktop tried just copying scipt to desktop obviously that didn't work.

2. I created another user on my system I want that user to be able to access Firebird how do I do that? should it be installed in different directory if so which one and secondly how do I then create links for users to access it?:confused:

[DrSkrud]

If you want more than one user to use Firebird, you should install it to a directory that every user can read from. Something like /usr/local/MozillaFirebird, for example. (You would have to do this as root) so:

$ su
<enter your password>
# tar zxvf MozillaFirebird-whatever.tar.gz
and then
# mv MozillaFirebird /usr/local

That should move the contents of the MozillaFirebird directory to /usr/local/MozillaFirebird.

To create a link on your desktop, if you're using KDE, just right-click on your desktop, go to Create New -> Link To Application...
In the "General" tab, put the name of the application. In the "Execute" tab, under "Command:" put: /usr/local/MozillaFirebird/MozillaFirebird (or whatever the executable is). If you want to change the icon, just click on the KDE sprocket in the General tab and browse to the location of Firebird's Icon (/usr/local/MozillaFirebird/icons/). And that should do it. As for Gnome... I'm not entirely sure.

Another option you have is to create a symlink to the firebird executable, so that you don't have to run firebird by using /usr/local/MozillaFirebird/MozillaFirebird. You can do this by using the ln command, (as root):

# ln -s /usr/local/MozillaFirebird /usr/bin/firebird

This will create a symlink called "firebird" in /usr/bin so that all users can run the command "firebird" and the firebird browser will pop up.

[jodef]

Haven't tested creating link for a second user but your reply
was dead on. Thank you I think you cleared up a lot of haziness as far as installing linux apps are concerned again thx.:D

[DrSkrud]

No problem, glad I could be of help. Just remember that most apps you install will probably need you to compile them first, so copying them into /usr/local won't work. (Mozilla stuff happens to be packaged pre-compiled, so you can just un-tar it and run). Always try to read the INSTALL or README files that come with a package and see if they contain any specific instructions ;)

Good luck!