Re: Firefox for Fedora

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On 12/27/05, Jack Craig <jcraig@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> this approach may not be as elegant as the yum based install,
>  but ihave been updating FF versions as they come out, keep each in a
>  peer directory.
>
>  its true i have never tried installing a lower rev after up revev'ing,
>  but i would expect it should work.
>
>  one last detail, after the install, open the properties on the
>  FF launcher and make sure the path is to the new location,
>  not the last one.
>
>  hth,jackc...
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From:   fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Dotan Cohen
>  Sent:   Tue 12/27/2005 9:03 AM
>  To:     For users of Fedora Core releases
>  Cc:
>  Subject:        Firefox for Fedora
>
>  I want to install Firefox 1.5 but Yum does not provide it. So I looked
>  for rpms on the net and found a few for Fedora, but none are in
>  Hebrew. Before I install from the oficial tarball, I have some
>  concerns that I would like some input on:
>  1) If I install from the tarball, yum will no longer update Firefox.
>  Can I tell yum to maintain it anyway?
>  2) I did locate and found that most ff files are in
>  /usr/lib/firefox-1.0.7/ . Can I just unpack the new 1.5 tarball in
>  /usr/lib/firefox-1.5/ and have them live side by side?
>  3) I currently can type the command "firefox" in the command line to
>  start Firefox. Will this change to start 1.5 if I install them side by
>  side? If not, how do I correct it?
>
>  Thank you.
>
>  Dotan Cohen
>

Thanks. Firefox 1.5 had no problems installing next to it's older
version. I will update the launchers and keep the old FF in there.
This was easier than I thought!

Dotan Cohen
http://technology-sleuth.com/short_answer/why_are_internet_greeting_cards_dangerous.html
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