Need to upgrade Firefox in RedHat Linux 4.7 update 3

[imkhalid]

hi

i m using RedHat Linux 4.7 update 3
i need to upgrade firefox 3.0.1 to 3.5.19

firefox installed in /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.1

i already tried too many methods but cant get it work
also i downloaded firefox 3.5.19.tar.bz2

kindly help any1

[atreyu]

if you have firefox-3.5.19.tar.gz in /tmp, then try the following (as root):

To unpackage the tarball:

tar -C /usr/local -jxf /tmp/firefox-3.5.19.tar.gz

To test it:

/usr/local/firefox/firefox -version

Back up the existing version:

mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox.orig

Make the new version the default:

ln -s /usr/local/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

Then log off and log on and see if things work as expected.

[imkhalid]

if you have firefox-3.5.19.tar.gz in /tmp, then try the following (as root):

To unpackage the tarball:

tar -C /usr/local -jxf /tmp/firefox-3.5.19.tar.gz

To test it:

/usr/local/firefox/firefox -version

Back up the existing version:

mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox.orig

Make the new version the default:

ln -s /usr/local/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

Then log off and log on and see if things work as expected.

it didnt workout.

[atreyu]

Can you be more specific? What did work and what didn't work?

[imkhalid]

if you have firefox-3.5.19.tar.gz in /tmp, then try the following (as root):

To unpackage the tarball:

tar -C /usr/local -jxf /tmp/firefox-3.5.19.tar.gz

To test it:

/usr/local/firefox/firefox -version

Back up the existing version:

mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox.orig

Make the new version the default:

ln -s /usr/local/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

Then log off and log on and see if things work as expected.

when i did this "

/usr/local/firefox/firefox -version

"
below error appeared
http : / / i 5 3 . t i n y p i c . c o m / 2 4 b s 1 h d . j p g

then i backed up the firefox and made the new version default but it didnt work out, when i try to open firefox it blinks on the taskbar but firefox wont open.

[atreyu]

Okay, you are missing a library required by that version of Firefox. I'm not sure if that version is available pre-packaged for your distro. If it is not, you're probably out of luck, unless you want to try to install the library by hand, which is not a pretty prospect.

I'll check out the RH4.7 distro and see what is available...

meantime, you can just do this to restore your original firefox:

mv -f /usr/bin/firefox.orig /usr/bin/firefox

EDIT:
okay, i found the library in the package frysk in CentOS 4.7, which is binary compatible with your OS. It is installed to:
/usr/lib/frysk/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0
Do you have access to the original installation media or do you have a RH login?

If not, you COULD use the CentOS package, but it is better to use the official packages from Red Hat.