herme3 Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 Can someone please explain how to install Firefox 3 on Fedora? The Windows installation was simple, but I can't find an executable installation program for the Linux version. I tried running "yum update firefox" in the terminal, but that only downloaded Firefox 1.0. I also tried manually copying the FF3 files over the FF1 files, but then Firefox wouldn't open at all. Is there an installation wizard for the Linux version?
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 What version of Fedora are you running? "yum update firefox" is most likely the way to go, but Firefox 3 packages might not yet be available in the repositories for the version of Fedora you're using.
herme3 Posted June 20, 2008 Author Posted June 20, 2008 It's Fedora Core 4. I sometimes use the computer as a test server to make sure my scripts will work with hosting companies that still have the old versions of Apache and MySQL.
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 You aren't going to find an official Firefox 3 package for Fedora Core 4. Linux distributors will often freeze versions in their repositories to keep everything nicely compatible, and Fedora Core 4 has probably already had that happen. You'll only be able to get bugfix updates for Firefox, not feature updates. You can try downloading Firefox from mozilla.com and untarring it into a new directory. (It needs to use a new profile as using an old one may screw it up royally.)
herme3 Posted June 21, 2008 Author Posted June 21, 2008 Untarring Firefox to a new directory doesn't seem to work either. I'll probably just stick with the old version because I don't use the computer for browsing very often. It's mainly just a test server. Thank you for your help. I've always wondered, why don't most Linux programs come with installation wizards? Would it just be too difficult with all the different distributions?
Mr Skeptic Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 Most Linux programs (the ones in your repository) will just install themselves when you tell them, without any need for a **** wizard. Usually, they only ask questions if you need to configure them. Some Linux programs come in the form of a self-installing executable (aka wizard), but usually those are ones that you buy (or pirate).
Klaynos Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 If it has an internet connection you should NOT be using core 4, it's no longer supported by fedora (hence no new firefox).
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