[SOLVED] how to update mozilla firefox in RHEL6

sunil80 · 02-18-2013, 11:38 PM

Hi all, I a=have download firefox-18.0.2.tar.bz2 and extract it. But now I don't understand that how to install it.

RaviTezu · 02-18-2013, 11:44 PM

==========> firefox-18.0.2.tar.bz2
You have to bunzip2 it first... i.e

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bunzip2 firefox-18.0.2.tar.bz2

Then you'll get a file with firefox-18.0.2.tar as its name.
Now you have to untar it... i.e

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tar -xf firefox-18.0.2.tar

Mostly these packages will be having a README file in it. Just follow it.

EDDY1 · 02-19-2013, 12:09 AM

Where is your current firefox installed to.
You have to make executable, extract to installation directory, remove existing link for firefox to /usr/bin, make link to the new /?/firefox/firefox to /usr/bin, then create icon shortcut & start.

EDDY1 · 02-19-2013, 12:16 AM

As far as extracting you only need 1 command for convenience

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tar -xvjf firefox-18.0.2.tar

http://www.howtoforge.com/tar_bunzip2_files

snowday · 02-19-2013, 08:26 AM

Double-click the tar.bz2 to extract it; double-click "firefox" to launch it.

It's like a .zip with an .exe inside it, in Windows.

sharadchhetri · 02-19-2013, 09:04 AM

The logic is same with red hat and ubuntu.
I have the video for ubuntu.
Basic things are same

http://sharadchhetri.com/2012/12/15/...irefox-ubuntu/

EDDY1 · 02-19-2013, 11:01 AM

Well might as well download 19.0

sunil80 · 03-18-2013, 03:16 AM

Due to resolution problem in past I could not update the firefox.
But now that problem resolved and due to that updation of Firefox also got resolve.

Thanks all for your valuable replies.........