Lab 5
Part I: Mozilla/Firefox Update
open a terminal window
type rpm -q mozilla to find mozilla installations
type rpm -q firefox to find firefox installations
type rpm -e
to erase the installed file
type mount
:
to mount a system with the new firefox
can also go to
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
to get the new version.
how to set up firefox with a .tar.gz file can be found
http://www.cert.org
Part II: Installing IceWM
get IceWM
here.
extract the .tar.gz file to your desktop
open the new IceWM folder
open a terminal and go into the icewm folder
type ./autogen.sh
type ./configure
type make
type make install
cd into /
type emacs .Xclients
paste in these lines:
xset m 5 2
xterm &
icewmtray &
which icewm >/dev/null 2>&1 && exec icewm || exec xterm -bg red
in fedora core you have to do something else too
cd into /usr/share/xsessions
copy the gnome.desktop file as icewm.desktop
type VI icewm.desktop
change the name to ICEWM
erase all lines until you get to Exec=
at Exec=, type /usr/local/bin/icewm
exit vi and you should be done
if you need extra configuration, open install from the icewm folder