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Posted: April 03 2005,10:42 QUOTE
In the latest version of DSL I can't start Firefox from the Aterm command line
copy it to the bin didn't work. I'm stucked here.. Help me please. (new user)
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Posted: April 03 2005,13:36 QUOTE
type 'locate firefox' then find where it is, ls the dir it tells you, make sure its there, then type the full path to it, ie. /usr/local/bin/firefox-bin

or

/usr/local/bin/firefox

if you want it to background, use & after it, ie.

/usr/local/bin/firefox &
this will give you your terminal back.

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Posted: April 03 2005,15:10 QUOTE
Just an aside - I think you need gnu-utils installed and then run updatedb to use locate.
Does typing "which firefox" return the path to it (not on dsl at the moment)?

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Posted: April 03 2005,15:44 QUOTE
If the command is in your path, the command to use it whereis

whereis firefox

If not in your path then I would use the find command.

find / -name firefox

There are many options for find. It is definately worth learning them.

locate does need gnu-utils and updatedb which create a searchable database.
Not something you should do in a live or OCI environment, as it would use up ram space.
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Posted: April 03 2005,15:45 QUOTE
Ah yes...You are correct, you will need those. And yes, 'which' or 'whereis' will return the full path (if its in your path). ;)

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