installing programs

[Marc Fromm]

I am new to the linux-type OS environment. For about a week now I have
tried to do a task which I first thought would be simple-install a
program like firefox.

 

I did "sudo pkg_add -r firefox" as explained in chapter 4 of the
handbook and received the message:

pkg_add: package 'firefox-1.5.0.8,1' or its older version already
installed

 

I then tried to uninstall firefox like this:

sudo pkg_delete -d -f firefox-1.5.0.8,1

It appeard to uninstall.

 

I next did "sudo pkg_add -r firefox" again and it did this:

> Fetching
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/Latest
/firefox.tbz... 

> Done.

> ===> Building Chrome's registry...

> 

> ======================================================================

> 

> SMB issues:

> Network group, machine, and share browsing does not work correctly.

> 

> SFTP:

> Only sftp access using public key authentication works.  To easily 

> setup public key authentication to "remote_host":

> 

> ssh-keygen -t dsa

> cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub | ssh remote_host "cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys"

> 

> The SSH sever on remote_host must allow pub key authentication.

 

Firefox now does not work at all and if I rerun the pkg_add command it
states firefox-1.5.0.8 is still installed.

Isn't the latest 2.0.0.9?

 

I tried to instructions at firefox and they did not work:

http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Installing+Firefox+on+Linux

 

 

 

 

Marc Fromm
Information Technology Specialist II
Financial Aid Department
Western Washington University
Phone: 360-650-3351
Fax:   360-788-0251