How to install Firefox 5 in Fedora 14

At the moment I am sticking with Fedora 14 x86_64 as my main operating system. I feel Fedora 15 with Gnome 3 is too experimental at this stage so I am waiting for Fedora 16 to be released later on this year.  So for me this guide is very handy and probably for many others as well. A while back when Firefox 4 (and now 5) was released I was using the repository at fedorapeople.org. Now I am using the remi repository.

I would suggest backing up the mozilla directory in your home folder just to be on the safe side since you are moving from Firefox 3 to 4 which is a major release upgrade.

1. To backup the mozilla directory in the home folder (directory), I use the tar command:
[jonathon@localhost ~]$

tar cvzf Mozilla-Backup.tar.gz ~/.mozilla

To restore the Moxilla-Backup archive if needed:

[jonathon@localhost ~]$

tar -xvf Mozilla-Backup.tar.gz

Note:
c=create (an archive)
v=verbose (to see what’s happening)
z=gzip (filter the archive through gzip)
f=filename (the name of the tar archive)
x=extract (extract files from an archive)
.=current directory (a single dot in Linux is shorthand for the current directory)
/.=specifies the command shell to search the current directory
~=the user’s home directory

2. Install the remi repository. It works with both CPU architectures, x86 and x86_64 with Fedora 14. To do so fire up ( a figure of speech) Gnome-Terminal and copy and paste the following text:

[jonathon@localhost ~]$

su -c "rpm -Uvh "

3. Install Firefox 4 with the following command:
[jonathon@localhost ~]$

su -c "yum --enablerepo=remi install firefox"

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