Hello everyone,
I'm just curious why there isn't an package for the latest Firefox update (1.0.4) available on the Fedora Core yum repositories. Is it just a matter of time or do I need a add some better repositories?

Just a thought, any clarification would be awesome. Thanks in advance.

why don't u get the firefox package from the the mozilla website

u need not depend on these yum repositories every time

regards

but it's more convinient since there are people "always watching" for updates and stuff.. I think it is in some repo.. can't remmember which one.. how many repos have you set up? #?

It is far more convenient plus you keep your system consistent by using rpm packages so that you don't have to keep up with all software updates yourself.

For repositories, I have the ones that come preconfigured with Fedora Core 3, the FreshRPMs repo and the livna-stable repo. As I understood it, these last two are among the best out there. Can you recommend some more? Thanks for your replies.

Launched up2date today and saw that Firefox 1.0.4 was available for my FC3 box,took three attempts but finally got it installed.I'm on dial-up and my isp dropped the line once then on the second try about a third of the way got an error message stating that "the signature didn't match that of the file being d'loaded" "file could be corrupt or tampered with" "do you still want to continue" I don't think so,then on the third try it went well and here I am.

sure thing ... Dag weever's and many more like freshrpms-update - which is a separate repo from the fresh itself also well I'll post the URLs if u like when I have my file infront of me.. fedora-extras is good also for java apps there is a couple and ATrpms just msg me for the urls but consider that USA and EUR repos have to be used separately you know.. I think fresh is from the EUR group and Livna,Extras,and fedora are the USA for sure

for rpms visit

rpm.pbone.net

look for ur distro rpm in the advanced search section

regards

I have upgraded today to FireFox 1.0.4 with apt-get, it must work with yum too, from here:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...pdates/3/i386/

Boby

I guess it was just a matter of time for them to repackage it into an rpm. Thanks to everyone who answered though.

To johnnydangerous: If you do get the time, posting the details for those repositories would be helpful to me and probably many others. Thanks!

# This is a yum.conf for Fedora Core 3.
# It uses Fedora mirrors to make things faster,
# since the main Red Hat Fedora site is pretty slow.
#
# Also, if you look down in the "Alternate Repositories"
# section, you'll notice some disabled repositories.
# If you want to use them, just do:
#
# yum --enablerepo <reponame> <command>
#
# Where <reponame> is the name of the repo, and <command>
# is your normal yum command.
#
# Authors:
# Alphonse Brown
# Maxwell Kanat-Alexander (max at fedorafaq dot org)
# Sindre Pedersn BjГѓВёrdal (foolish at fedorafaq dot org)
#
# Date: 5 March 2005
#
# Changes
# -------
# 05 March 2005
# + Fedora Extras!
# + Dries Mirrors
# + Fixed a Livna mirror.
# 26 November 2004
# + Updated ATrpms per Axel Thimm's request.
# 22 November 2004
# + Updated for Fedora Core 3
# 04 November 2004
# + Fixed and checked-over for publishing
# 17 July 2004 (Sindre)
# + Replaced Base, debug, updates-released and updates mirrors with faster ones.
# + Added the official servers to base and updates, commented of course.
# + Tested all non-commented parts, everything works.
# 29 May 2004
# + Tested commented-out parts: all work except subpop.net
# + Livna and NewRPMs mirrors!
# 22 May 2004
# + Incorporated Darrenn's fixes for Fedora Core 2!
# + Commented-out parts may still not work properly
# 29 Feb 2004
# + Updated a lot of mirrors, for speed
# + Fixed one ATrpms mirror
# + Added Dries and spc, two more FreshRPMs-compatible repos
# 9 Jan 2004
# + Updated ATrpms for their new directory structure.
# 31 Dec 2003
# + Added JPackage, commented out
# + Standard Red Hat Fedora Core sites commented-out by default
# + Removed dulug from debug, since it doesn't have debug
# 29 Dec 2003
# + Added mirrors for the flash-plugin, since some go down.
# + Added base-debuginfo, commented out

#[main]
#cachedir=/var/cache/yum
#debuglevel=2
#logfile=/var/log/yum.log
#pkgpolicy=newest
#distroverpkg=fedora-release
#tolerant=1
#exactarch=0
# Added this because some mirrors go down and then retying takes forever.
#retries=1
#timeout=10

# Basic Repos are in /etc/yum.conf.d/ #

###################
## Fedora Extras ##
###################

[us-extras]
#os updates extras
name=Fedora Extras US - $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch
enabled=1
#gpgcheck=1

[extras]
name=Fedora Extras - $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=http://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/extras/$releasever/$basearch/
http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/extras/$releasever/$basearch/
http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/extras/$releasever/$basearch/
http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/d.../linux/extras/$releasever/$basearch/
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu.../linux/extras/$releasever/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/RPM-GPG-KEY-Fedora-Extras

###############
## Livna.org ##
###############

[livna-stable]
name=Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (stable)
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.stable
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.stable
enabled=1
#gpgcheck=1

[livna-unstable]
name=Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (unstable)
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.unstable
enabled=2
#gpgcheck=1

[livna-testing]
name=Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (testing)
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.testing
#gpgcheck=1
enabled=0

############
# Jpackage #
############

# JPackage is a GREAT repository for Java Software.
# However, you may have to compile some SRPMs to use it,
# so it's commented out by default. See
# <http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/jpackage/1...non-free/SRPMS>
# For the SRPMs, and <http://www.jpackage.org/rebuilding.php> for
# the general details.
# Note: JPackage IS compatible with the fedora.us repositories.
# You can use JPackage and fedora.us at the same time, without
# any trouble. It's also compatible with the Alternate Repositories,
# for the most part.

[jpackage-generic]
name=JPackage Cross-Platform Packages
baseurl=http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/jpackage/1.6/generic/free
ftp://jpackage.hmdc.harvard.edu/JPac...6/generic/free
http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aache...6/generic/free
failovermethod=priority
enabled=1
#gpgcheck=1

[jpackage-fedora]
name=JPackage Fedora Packages
baseurl=http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/jpackage/1.6/fedora-$releasever/free
ftp://jpackage.hmdc.harvard.edu/JPackage/1.6/fedora-$releasever/free
http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aache...ge/1.6/fedora-$releasever/free
failovermethod=priority
enabled=1
#gpgcheck=1

[os-updates-extras]
name=kernel.org os updates extras
baseurl=http://mirros.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
enabled=1
#gpgcheck=1

############################
## Alternate Repositories ##
############################

# To use these repos, either use the --enablerepo
# command-line argument to yum, or change "enabled=0"
# to "enabled=1". Note: Some packagesfrom these repositories
# may conflict with the fedora.us packages. If you use these
# repositories, you may wish to disable the fedora.us and
# livna.org repositories.

[freshrpms]
name=FreshRPMs os core updates
baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/
mirrorlist=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/mirrors-freshrpms
enabled=1
#gpgcheck=1

[dag-rpm]
name=Dag RPM Repository for Fedora Core
baseurl=http://apt.sw.be/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag/
http://apt.sw.be/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/
enabled=1
#gpgcheck=1

[dag]
name=Dag APT Repository
baseurl=http://dag.freshrpms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag/
http://dag.atrpms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag/
ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/freshrpms/pub/dag/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag/
ftp://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/dag/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/
enabled=0
#gpgcheck=1

[dries]
name=Dries APT/YUM Repository
baseurl=http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/dag/dries/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/dries/RPMS/
http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/dag/dries/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/dries/RPMS/
http://apt.sw.be/dries/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/dries/RPMS/
http://apt.sw.be/dries/fedora/fc$releasever/$basearch
http://dries.studentenweb.org/yum/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/dries/RPMS/
enabled=0
#gpgcheck=1

[newrpms]
name=NewRPMs
baseurl=http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/apt/redhat/en/$basearch/fc$releasever
http://newrpms.atrpms.net/apt/redhat/en/$basearch/fc$releasever
enabled=0
#gpgcheck=1

[atrpms]
name=ATrpms - Stable
#at good at stable
baseurl=http://apt.atrpms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-stable
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/atr...ms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-stable
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/ATrpms/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-stable
enabled=1
#gpgcheck=1

[atrpms-testing]
name=ATrpms - Testing
baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/ATrpms/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-testing
http://apt.atrpms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-testing
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/atr...ms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-testing
enabled=0
#gpgcheck=1

# Warning: Don't enable this "bleeding" repo if you want stable software!
[atrpms-bleeding]
name=ATrpms - Bleeding
baseurl=http://apt.atrpms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-bleeding
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/atr...ms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-bleeding
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/ATrpms/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-bleeding
enabled=0
#gpgcheck=1

[stable bleeding]
name=stable bleeding
baseurl=http://rpms.xcyb.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
enabled=1
#gpgcheck=1

###################
## Miscellaneous ##
###################

# Semi-official Macromedia repository containing the flash-plugin rpm.
[flash]
name=macromedia.mplug.org - Flash Plugin
baseurl=http://macromedia.mplug.org/apt/fedora/$releasever
http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/macromedia/apt/fedora/$releasever
http://ruslug.rutgers.edu/macromedia/apt/fedora/$releasever
http://macromedia.rediris.es/apt/fedora/$releasever
enabled=1
#gpgcheck=1

maybe on fedorafaq.org there is a new repo config file I have added to this one though