How do I install Firefox 2.0 on SUSE 10.0??

[Boston Joe]

I downloaded Firefox 2.0 from the Mozilla site, and the folder is here:
tmp/firefox-2.0.0.1.tar

I am totally blanking out on what I need to do to install this and then uninstall the previous version.

Can someone point me in the right direction to do this?

Thanks!

[d38dm8nw81k1ng]

ok, open up a terminal and locate where you saved the .tar.gz file to. let's say it's in a directory called Downloads, do the following:

cd ~/Downloads

then decompress the .tar archive:

tar xvf firefox-2.0.0.1.tar

then do cd into the directory that will have been created (probably firefox-2.0.0.1):

cd firefox-2.0.0.1

then run the installer script (i have no idea what it's called, but say it's called setup)

./setup

that will run the GUI installer that you are familiar with from windows.

alternatively, you can install the RPM which you can find by hunting google for, browsing to the directory (in your graphical file browser) and running the file with a double (or single) click. this will do all the hard work for you

[peteh]

I would remove old firefox first with
K menu (assuming you have KDE - similar in Gnome I assume) --> System -->Remove software.

When you've done this, unzip new firefox into a suitable directory and it's usable from there with the "firefox" executable. If you want a desktop link, create a simlink.

[devils casper]

I would remove old firefox first with
K menu (assuming you have KDE - similar in Gnome I assume) --> System -->Remove software.

Dont remove earlier version. if you remove that, all settings and plug-ins will also get removed.

Can someone point me in the right direction to do this?

right click on Downloaded file and select 'Extract here'. this will create 'Firefox' folder in same location. open that folder and look for 'firefox' file. double click on it.FireFox2 window will pop up. create a link of this file in Menu or on Desktop.
FireFox2 is not available in stable repositories, whenever it will, Software Updater will upgrade earlier version. keep both versions fo time being.





Casper

[peteh]

Well I haven't had that problem but in any case I assume you back up your profile folder (/home/your name/.mozilla). If it disappears after you remove firefox just put your back up folder where it should be and then unzip firefox 2.0.0.1 as I explained above.

[devils casper]

Well I haven't had that problem but in any case I assume you back up your profile folder (/home/your name/.mozilla).

i suggested not to remove earlier version only coz of this reason.
why are suggesting 'removal'? you can keep both and it would be lot easier to upgrade properly later on.





Casper

[peteh]

Firefox 2 download from the mozilla firefox site is stable and works perfectly well. I'm not sure what you mean by "upgrade properly".

[devils casper]

Firefox 2 download from the mozilla firefox site is stable and works perfectly well. I'm not sure what you mean by "upgrade properly".

i mean to say that download latest version, use it BUT dont delete earlier version of FireFox. whenever Latesr version will available in repositories, updater will update earlier version too.
its good Update packages through Updater rather than downloading maually again n again.





Casper

[Dark_Knight]

I downloaded Firefox 2.0 from the Mozilla site, and the folder is here:
tmp/firefox-2.0.0.1.tar

I am totally blanking out on what I need to do to install this and then uninstall the previous version.

Can someone point me in the right direction to do this?

Thanks!

Simply add the repository http://software.opensuse.org/downloa...SE_Linux_10.0/ to either ZMD Updater or YAST. When added you can then update the previous installation of Mozilla Firefox with out needing to manually download the package after each new release.

[devils casper]

Simply add the repository http://software.opensuse.org/downloa...SE_Linux_10.0/ to either ZMD Updater or YAST. When added you can then update the previous installation of Mozilla Firefox with out needing to manually download the package after each new release.

is FireFox2 available in that repo? i didn't know this.





Casper