Upgrade to Firefox 3.5.n on Fedor 9: How to, please
 

This is probably a dumb question, but yum seems not to be upgrading Firefox. I have d/loaded the most recent release, untarred the zipfile, and stored it in /tmp. The untar created a directory "firefox", and I am now at a standstill. The README.txt is meaningless, and the run-mozilla.sh script - which looks like it might do something useful - simply issues:
run-mozilla.sh cannot execute.
So, what is the Fedora endorsed way to upgrade a user program such as Firefox, please?
Thanks
George

If you downloaded tar file from firefox's website, then you need to run the script firefox in the extracted directory to run it.

Support for F9 was dropped in early July. There will be no new official updates of any kind from now on. Each version of Fedora is only supported for 13months. If you are looking for longer support(and free) you may want to look at Centos. Centos is RHEL with the logos removed. It has a five year support life and is free to download/update(unlike RHEL).

Hmmm. the extracted firefox script seems to never terminate. Perhaps I'll stick with 3.0.11 for now. Yes, I realize Fedora 9 is no longer supported.....I guess its upgrade time!.
Thanks
George

OK, I have now upgraded to FEDORA 10. I have downloaded firefox 3.5 zip, untarred it , and there are still no instructions that I can find.
I did read somehwhere you cannot upgrade but must must install fresh (3.5). Is this correct? If so, then I still have the question how to install (or upgrade over 3.0.n, if possible).
And if a fresh install is required, how to clean up the old version? I'm not all that experience with package management and program removal.
I would be grateful for any help on this question.....
And one final thing...would the links to the Firefox Internet Browser from the small "f" icon (Kickoff Application Launcher) in the lower left of KDE pick up this newer version?
Thanks
George

How I did my upgrade to firefox 3.5.2

It will be extracted in the folder firefox in /opt
To start firefox
You can add a launcher on your desktop, or change the properties of the curent firefox icon.

Use the instructions mentioned above.
If you find this troublesome, you can use
yum update firefox
to update firefox to latest version. It will automatically remove the earlier version.

Thanks repo....How to "change the properties of the curent firefox icon" that appears in App Launcher,Applications, Internet, Firefox Typically a rt click would open up such a dialog......
Also, will your procedure lead to uninstall of the prior version, or is that to be done manually?
Thanks
George

ThinkFree - I really don't know why this is so hard.....
[root /etc]#yum update firefox
Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
Setting up and reading Presto delta metadata
No Presto metadata available for adobe-linux-i386
No Presto metadata available for fedora
No Presto metadata available for livna
No Presto metadata available for updates
Setting up Update Process

^If using GNOME, Go to SYSTEM>PREFERENCES>MAIN MENU

Here under menus, select INTERNET. In right pane, you will find firefox's entry. Right Click and select properties. In the COMMAND box, enter the path of new firefox script.

It won't remove the earlier version of firefox.

What are the contents of .repo files in /etc/yum.repos.d directory on your system? And no fedora*.repo file seems to be there.

I add the launcher to the panel or desktop, and do the changes from there, so I can use them both.
It will only install the latest version.
Just leave the old version, it will be upgraded by your system.

Think Free
Here are the repos undert /etc....

yum.repos.d:
adobe-linux-i386.repo fedora.repo fedora-updates-testing.repo
fedora-rawhide.repo fedora-updates.repo livna.repo


I have to presume I am missing something important?
George

What is the value of
enabled in
[fedora] section in fedora.repo and fedora-updates.repo ?

Think Free
Both "enabled" in those 2 files are set to 0. I guess I had better change them to 1!!!!!!!!!!yes?
George

^Yes, to enable them you have to set them to 1. Try after setting them to 1.

Sadly:
[root ~]#yum install firefox
Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
Setting up and reading Presto delta metadata
No Presto metadata available for adobe-linux-i386
No Presto metadata available for fedora
No Presto metadata available for fedora-debuginfo
No Presto metadata available for fedora-source
No Presto metadata available for livna
No Presto metadata available for livna-debuginfo
No Presto metadata available for livna-source
No Presto metadata available for updates
No Presto metadata available for updates-debuginfo
No Presto metadata available for updates-source
Setting up Install Process
Package firefox-3.0.13-1.fc10.i386 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do

So, even if you are able to get the repos working, you won't be able to get latest version of firefox from fedora repos. So better option will be to upgrade your installation.
What's Presto here?

I just upgraded to 10 today! And it's always a process fraught with difficulties.
Presto is some kind of enhancement to yum that speeds up the update/download process as per:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeaturePresto

George

Problem solved or not?
I have heard about Delta, but didn't know that fedora has named it Presto.

No, not solved. I guess it has to be some kind of non-yum upgrade (or fresh install)to firefox, with subsequent manual cleanup of the old version.....I'm surprised this is not more seamless.....and everybody seems to have a different way to do it!

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Before I installed Fedora 10, I downloaded Firefox 3.5.1 rpm, Openoffice 3.1 rpm, and java 1.6-15 rpm and burned them to a CD. Then during the install process, I chose "customize now" and specifically deselected the versions of OpenOffice (3.0) and Firefox (3.0.4) that came with Fedora Core 10, installing the rpms into /opt (openoffice) and /usr (java and firefox) when the initial install was complete.

Simple, fast, and no conflicts. Selecting packages during the Core 10 install was a bit tedious, but I saved a lot of space deselecting a lot of fonts and stuff I will never need, too.

not working this way
 

[QUOTE=repo;3645083]How I did my upgrade to firefox 3.5.2

It will be extracted in the folder firefox in /opt
To start firefox
hi,i am using fedora 10 and i downloaded the tar file for firefox 3.5.5 and followed as u instructed , but when the firefox is starting , in the help tab i find the version to be the old one i.e. 3.0.11... please help as to how to install to the latest firefox version?