Is Mozilla Firefox pre installed in RHEL 6/5/4?

dinesh8642 · 05-11-2013, 12:47 AM

HI ,

I wanted to know if Mozilla Firefox browser comes as a preinstalled package in RHEL 6/5/4 or we need to install it seperately?
Providing a pdf or any web links of Red Hat mentioning all the preinstalled packages would be more helpful?

thanks in advance ..waiting for an answer.

Dinesh

acid_kewpie · 05-11-2013, 01:10 AM

no, its not. but it's simple to add. Is there a specific reason you care?

dinesh8642 · 05-11-2013, 01:16 AM

Thanks chris for ur prompt reply...Is it possible to provide a link from red hat website stating what you just mentioned ? Also what is the default browser that comes with rhel 6/5/4 then ?

acid_kewpie · 05-11-2013, 02:26 AM

why would redhat state it's not installed?? rhel 6.4 has FX17 on the media. Just install it. Reading your question, I mostly get the sense that you're not familiar with how linux software works. It's just not the sort of question anyone familiar with package management would ask.

dinesh8642 · 05-11-2013, 04:40 AM

im sorry ...Ur right I havent worked on RHEL . I have worked in Ubuntu and other distros . so I thought it would be similar to those linux distros. So the answer to my ques is 'NO' right?

druuna · 05-11-2013, 05:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dinesh8642

So the answer to my ques is 'NO' right?

The correct answer is "It depends".

A default RHEL install will use the Basic setting, which will not include Firefox by default. The Desktop setting will include Firefox.

Have a look here for the possible Package Groups: 9.18. Package Group Selection

As already stated by acid_kewpie: You can add Firefox during or after the installation.

BTW: Here's a short list of packages available for Red Hat EL: Distrowatch - Red Hat Enterprise Linux