Install Mozilla Firefox 5 on Fedora 15, Fedora 14 and Fedora 13
1. Backup your current Firefox 3/4 profiles
tar -cvzf $HOME/mozilla-firefox-profiles-backup.tar.gz $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/
2. Change root user
su –
## OR ##
sudo -i
3. Install Remi repository (needed only for Fedora 14 and Fedora 13)
## Remi Dependency on Fedora 14 and Fedora 13 ##
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 14 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-14.rpm
## Fedora 13 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-13.rpm
4. Check Available Firefox 5 versions
Fedora 15
yum list firefox
Fedora 14 and Fedora 13
yum –enablerepo=remi list firefox5
5. Install Mozilla Firefox 5
Fedora 15
yum install firefox
Fedora 14 and Fedora 13
yum –enablerepo=remi install firefox5
6. Start Firefox 5
Then start Firefox with using command:
Fedora 15
firefox
Fedora 14 and Fedora 13
firefox5
Or use Firefox 5 launcher.
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