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downloaded firefox file from mozilla web site to my Linux desktop system. The name of file is firefox-2.0.tar.gz. How do I install firefox-2.0.tar.gz in Fedora Core Linux? Please provide me step by step instructions for the same. What about my old bookmarks and add-ons. I am going to lose them?
A. Mozilla Firefox is a free, open source, cross-platform graphical web browser developed by the Mozilla Corporation and hundreds of volunteers. Installing Firefox 2 will overwrite your existing installation of Firefox. You won’t lose any of your bookmarks or browsing history, but some of your
extensions and other add-ons might not work until updates for them are made available.
Download firefox to your Linux desktop
=> Visit this site to download firefox
Firefox 2.0 installation - Just untar file and install it
Let us say you would like to install firefox in your own home directory called /home/tom/firefox
$ mkdir /home/tom/firefox
Change directory:
$ cd /home/tom/firefox
Copy your files to /home/tom/firefox and untar it:
$ cp /home/tom/Desktop/firefox-2.0.0.4.tar.gz .
$ tar -zxvf firefox-2.0.0.4.tar.gz
And you are done. Start firefox:
$ /home/tom/firefox/firefox &
How do I install firefox for everyone?
Install Firefox in /opt directory. Login as root user:
# cd /opt
# mkdir firefox
# cd firefox
# cp /home/tom/Desktop/firefox-2.0.0.4.tar.gz .
# tar -zxvf firefox-2.0.0.4.tar.gz
To start firefox:
$ /opt/firefox/firefox &
You can also create a shortcut from your own desktop
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