Upgading Firefox on linux box

[ktkendall]

Hello all:
I put together a Linux box using Fedora core 6, with gnome gui, and rpm. I'm trying to upgrade Firefox but not having much success. The current version is 1.5.0.10 and is in /usr/lib/forefox-1.5.0.10. I extracted the new files to /usr/lib/firefox and followed the instructions that i could find on Mozilla's website. The only thing other than extracting the files to a public accessible place was to create a symbolic link in /usr/bin to the executable firefox file and name it firefox, but still even when I type firefox from a terminal I still get version 1.5.0.10, and even if I use the gui and go right to the firefox executable file contained in the new firefox folder, 1.5.0.10 still opens up. I tried deleting the firefox-1.5.0.10 folder and all of its files and sub folders and then I could not get firefox to open at all, some kind of error about being not able to open shared files, so i put firefox-1.5.0.10 back and it still works but I don't have enough knowledge yet to figure out how to get the new 2.0.0.3 version to open up.
Thanks

[Kareeser]

Shot in the dark from a Windows user, but...

The linux version has no "Check for Updates" under the help menu? :S

[ktkendall]

Yes the update checker is automatically coming up but firefox 2.0.0.3 is not coming up as an option when I check for updates, so I am just trying to load the update manually as per the instructions on Mozilla's website.

[DSCHIEF]

Originally Posted by ktkendall Hello all: I put together a Linux box using Fedora core 6, with gnome gui, and rpm. I'm trying to upgrade Firefox but not having much success. The current version is 1.5.0.10 and is in /usr/lib/forefox-1.5.0.10. I extracted the new files to /usr/lib/firefox and followed the instructions that i could find on Mozilla's website. The only thing other than extracting the files to a public accessible place was to create a symbolic link in /usr/bin to the executable firefox file and name it firefox, but still even when I type firefox from a terminal I still get version 1.5.0.10, and even if I use the gui and go right to the firefox executable file contained in the new firefox folder, 1.5.0.10 still opens up. I tried deleting the firefox-1.5.0.10 folder and all of its files and sub folders and then I could not get firefox to open at all, some kind of error about being not able to open shared files, so i put firefox-1.5.0.10 back and it still works but I don't have enough knowledge yet to figure out how to get the new 2.0.0.3 version to open up. Thanks

Open a terminal window
log in as Root

type in the following line
yum update firefox --enablerepo=development

hit the return key

it will go out and search , should come back with 4 files;

firefox 86-64
firefox i386
and 2 more updates for dependancies ( don't remember file names )

it will ask if this is ok?
say yes
and wait
whole thing should take about 10 min.

if all goes well when told to reboot, Firefox 2 will be default browser.

[ktkendall]

Thaank you much.