While installing some IBM software, the installer launchpad failed because it required Firefox 3.5 or later. So, to solve the problem, I had to install a newer Firefox version on the server.
Here are the steps to install Firefox 5 in Linux, which I've found in the following link (http://linuxforums.org.uk/netbooks/install-firefox-5-on-an-acer-aspire-one-running-linpus-lite-linux/):
- sudo mv -v /opt/firefox /opt/firefox-backup
- wget -O firefox-5.0.tar.bz2 "http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-5.0&os=linux&lang=en-GB"
- sudo tar -jxvf firefox-5.0.tar.bz2 --directory /opt
- sudo mkdir /opt/firefox/plugins
- sudo ln -fs /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
- sudo ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/* /opt/firefox/plugins
- wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11876059/libstdc++6.tar.bz2
- sudo tar -jxvf libstdc++6.tar.bz2 --directory /opt/firefox
- firefox -profilemanager -no-remote
Regards,
1 comment:
The wget command has been updated to download the newer Firefox 5.0.1 at the original link.
Disclosure - I wrote the original instructions :)
Never crossed my mind that they might be useful for red hat users too :)
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