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Dear All,
Currently i am having firefox 1.5 version with my redhat enterprise 5 i want to update the firefox version so i have downloaded the latest version can anyone tell me how to install the downloaded software.Latest version name(firefox-15.0.1.tar.bz2)
First, RHEL 5 is obsolete
Second, it's a good idea to install SW using the package manager if at all possible.
If you are not subscribed (paying) for RHEL / RedHat network, then better to use something like CentOS (free clone of RHEL) or Fedora.
To install the downloaded SW, first extract the archive using "tar -xjvf <filename>". Then open the resulting folder and look for a README, install script, etc. There are various conventions for installing "off distro" SW---I've always used the /opt directory.
If you have a paid subscription, it's as easy as opening firefox>>Help>>About Firefox if there's an update there will be an icon to update.
It may or may not happen if your system is unsupported.
If you have a paid subscription, it's as easy as opening firefox>>Help>>About Firefox if there's an update there will be an icon to update.
It may or may not happen if your system is unsupported.
that is not in the Ancient Firefox 1.5
and the old rhel5.0 might not be able to use ff15
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