Fedora 8 Updating firefox

[KJNUT]

Any ideas how i can update firefox in fedora 8. I am just coming back to linux and getting p'd already cause nothing works. I tried everything i could think of including yum and downloading the tar files and then trying to install it manually. Nothing seems to work. PLEASE HELP

[KJNUT]

I tried this just now. This is what i get. [root@localhost KJNUT]# wget http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-8.rpm
--19:43:14-- http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-8.rpm
Resolving rpms.famillecollet.com... 88.191.60.189
Connecting to rpms.famillecollet.com|88.191.60.189|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 6284 (6.1K) [application/x-rpm]
Saving to: `remi-release-8.rpm'

100%[=======================================>] 6,284 --.-K/s in 0.1s

19:43:15 (43.1 KB/s) - `remi-release-8.rpm' saved [6284/6284]

[root@localhost KJNUT]# rpm -Uvh remi-release-8.rpm
warning: remi-release-8.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 00f97f56
error: Failed dependencies:
fedora-release >= 8 is needed by remi-release-8-4.fc8.remi.noarch
[root@localhost KJNUT]#

[rclark]

For one thing F8 has passed its end of life. That may be your problem. Only F9 and F10 are currently being updated.

Not a Guide or Howto... Moved to General Support.

[KJNUT]

What is the easiest way to update to fedora 10. Im sorry that this question sounds lame but its been a while since i even looked at a linux box.

[PabloTwo]

If you want to stay and play with F8, then first:

# yum update fedora-release

Then do a full update.
Then do: # rpm -Uvh --nosignature remi-release-8.rpm
Then do: # yum update firefox

You should then have the lastest v3.0.5 of FF.

Edit: or save your bandwidth for downloading either an F10 install DVD or Live CD and do a fresh install on top of your F8 install (backup any data you want preserved before doing so).

[KJNUT]

Well this is what i got when i tried that.

[root@localhost KJNUT]# yum update fedora-release
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
updates 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:03
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Could not find update match for fedora-release
No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion
[root@localhost KJNUT]# rpm -Uvh --nosignature remi-release-8.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
fedora-release >= 8 is needed by remi-release-8-4.fc8.remi.noarch
[root@localhost KJNUT]# yum update firefox
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Could not find update match for firefox
No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion
[root@localhost KJNUT]#

[Mikko]

Originally Posted by KJNUT

What is the easiest way to update to fedora 10. Im sorry that this question sounds lame but its been a while since i even looked at a linux box.

I recommend a fresh install. Upgrading from 8 probably mostly works, but I always find that upgrades leave some things broken in subtle ways and these are difficult to find and fix afterwards. If your home directory its on its own partition, then running the installer and formatting the system partition and not the home partition is easy. Otherwise you need to back up the home directory somewhere else first.

The Fedora 10 live cd is quite useful, I'd burn that and install from there and get the rest over the network. The volume of updates is such that you end up downloading a lot even if you install from the DVD.

Edit: typo.

[Mikko]

Originally Posted by KJNUT

[root@localhost KJNUT]# rpm -Uvh --nosignature remi-release-8.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
fedora-release >= 8 is needed by remi-release-8-4.fc8.remi.noarch

What does

rpm -q fedora-release

show?

[PabloTwo]

Setting up repositories
core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
updates 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:03

What does

cat /etc/fedora-release

show?

Those are surely not F8 repos you're using.