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Hello, I downloaded firefox-7.0.1.tar.bz2 , then in a terminal I entered tar xvf firefox-7.0.1.tar,bz2. It then went through all the steps, then there were 2 messages; 1-tar: firefox/firefox: Cannot open: ...
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    Installing firefox-7.0.1.tar.bz2 in fedora 10

    Hello, I downloaded firefox-7.0.1.tar.bz2 , then in a terminal I entered tar xvf firefox-7.0.1.tar,bz2. It then went through all the steps, then there were 2 messages; 1-tar: firefox/firefox: Cannot open: File exists, and 2-tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors. So, now what? How can I successfully install firefox-7.0.1? Thanks, ,Larry
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    Fedora 10 is quite out of date at this point, having reached EOL in 2010. I'd suggest upgrading to Fedora 14 or 15. And newer versions of Firefox will be in the software repos.
    If upgrading is not an option, though....
    Quote Originally Posted by 1948chev View Post
    then in a terminal I entered tar xvf firefox-7.0.1.tar,bz2.
    Is that the exact command? If so, you're missing a dash(-) in there. Try, as root:
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    tar -jxvf firefox-7.0.1.tar.bz2
    Post any errors.
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