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Relocating files out of home folder in Kubuntu/Ubuntu

post #1 of 9
2/14/06 at 6:42pm
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Anyone want to lend a hand on how I relocate files out of the home folder and into the main system ones? The problem is on Ubuntu breezy it came default with firefox 1.0 and Kubuntu only comes with Konquerer I need better internet browsers, I have both firefox 1.5 and Opera 8 downloaded but I can only unpack them in the home folder. I do not know how to unpack or relocate in the terminal (I'm assuming I must do it this way because of not graphics desktop for root). Also any suggestions of which folder I unpack or relocate them to and how? Thanks much.
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post #2 of 9
2/14/06 at 8:36pm
opera has a Ubuntu installer in .deb format, just download and install that, you'll be fine.

to install that, all you gotta do is
sudo dpkg -i packagename.deb

and you're all good


oh, and to move files under terminal you use the "mv" compand or the "cp" to copy, or "ln -s" to create sym links.

to move a file /home/user/cow.jpg to /usr/bin/pictures and keep the file name for example you would

#: mv /home/user/cow.jpg /usr/bin/pictures/cow.jpg
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post #3 of 9
2/14/06 at 9:03pm
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Thank you much, I'll try it out.
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post #4 of 9
2/14/06 at 11:36pm
If you are installing Firefox doesnt Ubuntu have it in the apt repositories?

Seablade
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post #5 of 9
2/14/06 at 11:59pm
The Ubuntu package of firefox is a crappy, slow build. It's also 1.0.7, at least last time I checked. I stopped using Ubuntu builds of it with Hoary.
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post #6 of 9
2/15/06 at 12:48am
yeah, ubuntu has 1.0.7 and its not very good to begin with.
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post #7 of 9
2/15/06 at 11:50am
Hmm interesting.

Then I would definitly if building from source do a ./configure --prefix=/opt or something along those lines to seperate it from your apt system installs so things dont get screwy on you.

Seablade
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post #8 of 9
2/15/06 at 6:42pm
i'd just install opera 8.5.1 using the Ubuntu debian package and be happy with it
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post #9 of 9
2/16/06 at 11:56pm
If you're willing to work with the Automatix installer, you can install FF1.5(.0.1?) with that. It's as easy as clicking a radio button.

Or I suppose you could cut the Firefox portion out of the script and run just that part. I haven't done that before, although I have been tempted.

If you're really adventurous, you could upgrade to the development version 6.04. That one comes with FF1.5 by default, but you run the risk of glitches.
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