Finding the installation directory

Finding the installation directory

Windows

Examples of default installation directories:
Firefox C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\
Firefox (64-bit Windows) C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\
Thunderbird C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\
Mozilla Suite C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla\
SeaMonkey 1.x C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\SeaMonkey\
SeaMonkey 2.0 C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\

Example search for Firefox: firefox.exe
Linux

Examples of default installation directories (32-bit Linux):
Firefox /usr/lib/firefox-
For example, if using Firefox 1.0: /usr/lib/firefox-1.0
Mozilla Suite /usr/lib/mozilla-
For example: /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.3

Examples of default installation directories (64-bit Linux):
Firefox /usr/lib64/firefox-
For example: /usr/lib64/firefox-3.0.9
Thunderbird /usr/lib64/thunderbird-
For example: /usr/lib64/thunderbird-2.0.0.21

The installation directory path may vary depending on the distribution if you use a package manager to install the application from their repository.

Example search for Firefox (searching from / ): firefox
Mac OS X

Examples of default installation directories (folders):
Firefox /Applications/Firefox.app
Thunderbird /Applications/Thunderbird.app
Mozilla Suite /Applications/Mozilla.app

To open one of these folders, Ctrl-click it and select Show Package Contents. If you simply click it, you will start the application.

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