[ZZ]Install Firefox 20 on Fedora 18/17, CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 6.4

Install Mozilla Firefox 20/10 on Fedora 18/17/16/15/14, CentOS 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.9 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.9

 

1. Backup your current Firefox 3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19 profiles (just in case)

tar -cvzf $HOME/mozilla-firefox-profiles-backup.tar.gz $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/

 

2. Change root user

su -
## OR ##
sudo -i

 

3. Install Remi repository

Note: Currently not needed on Fedora 18/17, CentOS 5.9 and Red Hat (RHEL) 5.9.

Fedora 15/14

## Remi Dependency on Fedora 16/15 ##
rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm 
rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
 
## Fedora 16 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-16.rpm
 
## Fedora 15 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-15.rpm
 
## Fedora 14 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-14.rpm

CentOS 6 / Red Hat (RHEL) 6

## Remi Dependency on CentOS 6 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6 ##
rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
 
## CentOS 6 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm

 

4. Check Available Firefox versions

 

Fedora 18/17

yum list firefox

Fedora 16/15/14, CentOS 6.4 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.4

yum --enablerepo=remi list firefox

CentOS 5.9 and Red Hat (RHEL) 5.9

yum list firefox

Note: Firefox 10 available.

 

5. Update or Install Mozilla Firefox 20/10

 

Fedora 18/17

yum update firefox
## OR ##
yum install firefox

Fedora 16/15/14, CentOS 6.4 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.4

yum --enablerepo=remi update firefox
## OR ##
yum --enablerepo=remi install firefox

CentOS 5.9 and Red Hat (RHEL) 5.9

yum update firefox
## OR ##
yum install firefox

Note: Firefox 10 available.

 

6. Start Firefox 20/10

Then start Firefox with using command:

firefox

Or use Firefox (20/10) launcher.

 

Firefox 20/17/16/10 Screenshots

Firefox 20 running on Fedora 18

Firefox 17 running on CentOS 6.3

 

Firefox 16 running on CentOS 6.3

 

Firefox 10 running on CentOS 6.2

 

Firefox 10 on Fedora 16 Acid 3 test 100/100 :)

 

 

Reference: http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2011/install-firefox-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/