Saturday, May 1, 2010

Updating Firefox in Linux ( Simple method )

Step 1 : Just download new version of Firefox from mozilla.com

Step 2 : Downloaded file in .tar.bz2 extension.

Step 3 : Extract .tat.bz2 file in desktop

Step 4 : Copy all files from extracted folder

Step 5 : Paste into

/usr/lib/firefox_you current_version
folder

Step 6 : Rename this folder with new version ( Not important )

Step 7 : Run Firefox (Your desktop shortcut is enough to do it )

Step 8 : Now Firefox will upgrade


Enjoy new updated version.

It's not proper way to install Firefox in Linux.

It works very well in RHEL5

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