firefox upgradation in SUSE 10.1

[rishu]

i'm a newbie...had just installed linux...thr is firefox ver-1.5 as default browser.. i had dwnlded firefox ver-2.0 ... how to install it up??

[devils casper]

Hi rishu !!!

Welcome to the LinuxForums !

right click on downloaded file and click on 'Extract here'. this will create a folder 'firefox'. open this folder, look for a file 'firefox' and double click on it. FireFox 2 window will pop up.
create a symlink of this file on Desktop and/or in Menu.
dont un-install earlier version of FireFox. latest version is not available in repositories. whenever it will, Yast will upgrade earlier one. meanwhile, keep both versions.




Casper

[rishu]

but aftr i extracted it thr is only one file wid da name matching wid dat of firefox :: it's firefox-bin ... nd i can do nthng wid dat file!!!

[devils casper]

there must be two files. firefox and firefox-bin. 'firefox' file is a Script. from where did you download FireFox 2? its available here.






Casper

[darkrose0510]

Try this instead, it's a Firefox 2.0 rpm for Suse 10.1

DOWNLOAD LINK

[rishu]

thr is one file firefox.js in pref folder and one firefox-bin in main folder...nd i had downloaded it frm same link u gave !!!

[rishu]

how to use dat .rpm file...nd yeah aven aftr installing i'm geeting ver-1.5.3 !!

[devils casper]

thr is one file firefox.js in pref folder and one firefox-bin in main folder...nd i had downloaded it frm same link u gave !!!

pref folder is in Main Folder --> Defaults --> pref.
you have to search 'firefox' file in Main Folder created after clicking on Extract Here.





Casper

[darkrose0510]

To install the rpm; right click on it --> open with --> software installer
You'll be asked for the root password, then you've just got to click OK or install.
I haven't got Suse open at the moment so I can't say exactly, but that's the basic idea.

Alternatively open a terminal/console, and log in as root;
su -
[password]

Then install with;
rpm -i /path/to/file/MozillaFirefox-2.0-68.1.i586.rpm

[rishu]

Failed depedencie:
mozilla-nspr >= 4.6.4 is needed by MozillaFirefox-2.0-68.1.i587.rpm
mozilla-nss >= 3.11.4 is needed by MozillaFirefox-2.0-68.1.i587.rpm