remove firefox 3.5 b and install firefox 3.0.11

[marielitag]

hi everyone,
recently I updated to fedora 11,and now I'm having some installation problems.

I wanted to update firefox to the latest version,but I can't

this are the things i've tried

# cd /opt
# mkdir firefox
# cd firefox
# cp /home/tom/Desktop/firefox-3.0.0.11.tar.bz2 .
# tar -zxvf firefox-3.0.0.11.tar.bz2

but I got this error message:

[root@localhost firefox]# cp /root/firefox-3.0.11.tar.bz2
cp: missing destination file operand after «/root/firefox-3.0.11.tar.bz2»
Pruebe `cp --help' para más información.

I also did "yum update firefox",but didn't work either.

I'm sure i doing something wrong,please help me.
thanks in advance

pd: sorry if you dont understand me,my english is not good enough

[mohaas05]

You didn't specify the destination



It should be:

cp /root/firefox-3.0.11.tar.bz2 /opt/firefox

But personally, I would just find an rpm package. Why didn't a yum update work?

[Cuvou]

The OP wants the latest stable Firefox, and not the 3.5 beta.

The steps I usually follow to install Firefox manually are along the lines of...

(assuming firefox-3.0.11.tar.bz2 is in root's home directory, /root)

1) Extract it
# tar -xjvf firefox-3.0.11.tar.gz2
2) Move the "firefox" folder to /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.11
# mv ./firefox /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.11
3) Delete firefox's local plugins folder
# rm -rf /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.11/plugins
4) Symlink the shared mozilla plugins to Firefox's folder, so your existing Java and Flash and stuff is available
# ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.11/plugins
5) If you have another Firefox installed, move it out of the way. If not, skip this step
# mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox-old
6) Symlink the Firefox binary to /usr/bin
# ln -s /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.11/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

[marielitag]

hi there,
well...I remove firefox and install gnome browser(just to have a browser)

Cuvou,i going to follow the steps,and "mohaas05" ,now i understand how to use the cp command,thank you

i will come back later for and upgrade

[loomsen]

Try midori. I'm lovin it just as much as my beloved opera

But actually, I'd say bye to firefox and either get Opera unite or a webkit based browser.

Both reaching 100/100 in the acid3 browsertest.
Plus:
Your own fileserver:

Your music from everywhere:

And many many many many services more (btw, 12MB download size, and you get a full replacement for thunderbird, sunbird... the whole mozilla suite)

http://snapshot.opera.com/unix/10-unite/