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I am using an old Linux distro in my workplace, it's Red Hat 9. I am unable to install Opera or Firefox. What is the latest version of Firefox that I can install on RH9?
Example, using : untar it in your /home/<user-name>/ , :
tar zxvf mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.20-i686-1.tgz
cd usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.20/
sh firefox
.....
Important Note : Do not expect any new add-ons, themes, extensions
to install into 2.0.20. They all depend on a later glibc, apparently.
.....
Today (2010/08/24 Aust) I am actually using Firefox 1.5.0.7 and 1.5.0.12
firefox-1.5.0.12.tar.gz or firefox-1.5.0.7.tar.gz running under Red Hat 9.
Works ok for simpler www pages. However, sites like Hotmail do not operate properly, etc
Yes RH9 is old. Yes it has been unsupported for years.
However, RH9 was,is,and continues to be quite useful and usable for local installations which are not connected to the Internet (ie. not subject to external security risks, etc). RH9 has documented problems, but so have all distros. Consider Googling for any specific patches for problems that you encounter.
Unfortunately, whenever you post a question about old distros (RH 7.2, RH 8.0, RH 9, etc) on linuxquestions you tend to pick up a lot of posts from people who don't read the posted question and just parrot general advice.
Not every Linux PC is attached to (or is intended to be attached to) the Internet (shakes his head sadly).
Hope that assists.
C.
Last edited by cgtueno; 08-23-2010 at 09:18 PM.
Reason: Minor typo
RH9 dates back to 2004 - way way EOL, perhaps as much as Ubuntu 4.10 Warty Warthog! Please upgrade to either Fedora or CentOS before the Release Police of these forums come after you.
Fedora is what you need to have a modern browser anyway (Firefox >= 3.0), not CentOS **OR** RHL.
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