Hello I'm new to this forum and recently installed (well not really) Mandrake Linux 10.0 on to my laptop sony vaio pentium 2. After browsing through websites I FInalllly installed firefox onto my computer (or so i think... ) well anywho i think i did installed correctly. i'll get to the point

FIreFox Issues:
After using the: tar firefox.1.0.3.installer.tar.gz, and then used the ./install firefox.installer (or something similar i don't remeber) it worked woohoo, BUT it did not make a shortcut nor did i see any icon of it... however after sucessfully finding the firefox file, it did not have the firefox icon, but when i did click on it, it acted as a firefox browser...

My help:
1. is it suppose to not have a icon?
2. did i do something wrong?
3. any tips?

Thank your for reading this thread and wasting your time on me

Hi inspectreo - welcome to LQ.

so then, it sounds like you have it installed and were able to run by searching for the executable? which window manager/DE are you using (KDE, Gnome, Fluxbox, etc.)? it may or may not create a menu entry, depending on which you are using, and which version.

you can create a shortcut icon easily in some of them, like KDE. or you can just run it from a terminal, by typing "mozilla-firefox" or "firefox" (I can't remember which).

I currently have KDE but I like to switch with GNOME and other ones. I guess I did install Firefox correctly then... but whats with the issue of firefox not having an icon....?

Your help=Greatly Appreciated

Yes Firefox does have a icon for it, look where ever your Firefox is installed, there in there just look around.

in KDE, for example - try right-click on desktop -> create new -> file -> link to app

then fill in the fields for firefox. click on the icon in the dialog box, and it should present you with a selection of icons to choose from, including one for firefox....