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Posted: July 27 2005,14:30 QUOTE

sorry for question.
i would like to uninstall old ver.firefox but i don't know how.
plese help me!
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Posted: July 27 2005,14:57 QUOTE

Firefox is a self-contained program in the /usr/local/bin/firefox directory.
Delete this directory and it's pretty much gone.  There may be some files left over in /opt, but i think these can be applied to a newer version of Firefox.  Also, I think the firefox symlink in /usr/local/bin (or /usr/bin?) points to the old one, so you'll need to change that unless you specify a full path when launching the program.


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Posted: July 27 2005,14:58 QUOTE

Unlike Window$, there really isn't an "uninstall" option.  It isn't necassary because there isn't a registry that the program needs to run from.  All programs run from files.  Basically, you need to track down the files and delete them.  The easiest way to go about doing this is to do a "whereis" search.

Open Xterminal and type "whereis firefox"

This should return the following:
/usr/local/firefox
/usr/local/bin/firefox

Deleting these folders should get rid of firefox.  You would also want to remove the icon from the desktop. To do so, you would delete:

/home/dsl/.xtdesktop/firefox.lnk

*Assuming you login as the default user, dsl.

Hope this helps,

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Posted: July 27 2005,15:00 QUOTE

Looks like mikshaw beat me by one minute!!! If we were pirates, I would be dead. :laugh:
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Posted: July 27 2005,17:56 QUOTE

to mikshaw: i try delete this directory, but(permission denied) and to:  Your Fuzzy God i don't see in (emelfm.bin)dir xtdesktop.
i'm  big newbie and my english is very bad ,so if you like , help me !!
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