46 Comments

1. P Kumar / November 20, 2011

   This has been very useful. I have really searching for very long until I came to this post. Now I am able to run firefox 8 on my Cent OS 6.

   Thank you very much.

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2. DonnieP / November 20, 2011

   Worked great in PUIAS 6.1 too.

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3. Susan / November 29, 2011

   Does not work as written for Fedora 13.

   ## Remi Dependency on Fedora 14, Fedora 13, Fedora 12 ##
   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

   When I run these commands I get the following error:
   # rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
   Retrieving http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
   warning: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.ITQqFV: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID f09d8368: NOKEY
   error: Failed dependencies:
   rpmfusion-free-release >= 14 is needed by rpmfusion-nonfree-release-14-2.noarch
   system-release >= 14 is needed by rpmfusion-nonfree-release-14-2.noarch

   I’ll try doing an update to my system…

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   • JR / November 29, 2011

     Hi Susan,

     Thanks for the notification. Actually yes, there is no more RPMFusion repositories for Fedora 12 and Fedora 13. So try to skip this RPMFusion part and install just Remi repository directly, with following command:

     rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-13.rpm

     Then continue installation normally.

     And if you could confirm is this working normally? I update then this guide and other guides too.

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4. Lucky / December 6, 2011

   Gracias, funciona perfecto en fedora 14.

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5. Maro / December 8, 2011

   Thank you for your helpful guide. I love CentOS 6 more than anything else, unfortunately however, it is very difficult for me to get my ZTE 3G modem to work in it….so I had to go back to Fedora, no more ubuntu….

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6. Brad / December 19, 2011

   Installed this onto CentOS 6.1 as root. Works fine if you launch it as root. However if you launch as a user it still launches the old version. Even after I have completed removed the old firefox 3 RPM. Still trying to track down why this is:

   yum list firefox
   Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit
   Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
   * base: http://ftp.osuosl.org
   * epel: mirror.chpc.utah.edu
   * extras: mirror.steadfast.net
   * updates: mirrors.easynews.com
   Installed Packages
   firefox.x86_64 8.0-1.el6.remi @remi
   Available Packages
   firefox.i686 3.6.24-3.el6.centos updates

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   • JR / December 20, 2011

     Hi Brad,

     Are you running 32-bit (i686) or 64-bit (x86_64) system?

     Your yum list firefox command shows that you have firefox.i686 3.6.24-3.el6.centos available and firefox.x86_64 8.0-1.el6.remi installed…

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     • Brad / December 20, 2011

       64 bit.

       rpm -qa | grep firefox
       firefox-8.0-1.el6.remi.x86_64

       I completed removed firefox from my system. Would not launch any longer. Then installed the firefox-8.0-1.el6.remi.x86_64 rpm. When I launch firefox as a user it still launches the 3.6.24 x86_64 version. However when I su to root it launches the 8.0.1 version. I modified the firefox script to turn on debugging and here is the exec line:

       /usr/lib64/firefox/run-mozilla.sh /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox

       Which is identical to the root exec line.

       Additional debugging:
       /usr/lib64/firefox/run-mozilla.sh -g /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox

       /usr/lib64/firefox/run-mozilla.sh -g /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox
       MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/lib64/firefox
       LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64/firefox:/usr/lib64/firefox/plugins:/usr/lib64/firefox
       DISPLAY=:0.0
       DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64/firefox:/usr/lib64/firefox
       LIBRARY_PATH=
       SHLIB_PATH=/usr/lib64/firefox:/usr/lib64/firefox
       LIBPATH=/usr/lib64/firefox:/usr/lib64/firefox
       ADDON_PATH=
       MOZ_PROGRAM=/usr/lib64/firefox/firefox
       MOZ_TOOLKIT=
       moz_debug=1
       moz_debugger=
       moz_debugger_args=

       I’ve done a lot of debugging of startup scripts, etc. And still can’t see where it launches this version from.

       Thanks!

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       • JR / December 20, 2011

         Hi again Brad,

         Ok, this sounds that the old version of Firefox is running on background…so that’s why normal user always starts old version and root new. If reason is this, then try following:

         killall firefox
         

         and then try to start it again…?

         Or alternatively logout/log in…or even reboot your box? :)

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7. RFederer / December 20, 2011

   hi,

   I’m using F16 x86_64 and firefox x86_64 8.0-3.fc16 (says yum list firefox)

   today on http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=279519 appeared an update

   I tried to update firefox with “yum update firefox”, but yum says “no packages marked for update”

   Am I missing something or doing wrong?

   thanks

   regards

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   • JR / December 20, 2011

     Hi RFederer,

     If you want to install Firefox 9 on Fedora 16 now, then you have to download that build manually and just install it…

     I update this guide when it appears updates-testing repo / remi repo.

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     • RFederer / December 20, 2011

       thanks for your quick reply,

       all right, then…looking forward to your new guide :)

       gl

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       • JR / December 20, 2011

         You are welcome!

         I think that the Firefox 9 is coming soon on updates-testing repo… :)

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8. Satish / December 22, 2011

   Hi, first of all thanks for this guide & this is very useful especially for new linux users like me, ok now I’ve installed firefox 9.0 as per instructions in RHEL SERVER 6.2, when I launched from the command line it was launched, but when I try to create shortcuts in main menu & desktop it didn’t work. So I was able to use it only by launching from command line “/opt/firefox/firefox”, now after I restarted the system I’m getting the old dreaded error of “/opt/firefox/firefox: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory” for which I couldn’t find any solution on the internet so that I could install firefox in my linux system until I come to this post.

   So can you suggest me on the possible reason of firefox not working after system restart & how to get rid off libstdc++.so.6 error

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   • JR / December 22, 2011

     Hi Satish,

     If your install Firefox with this guide on Red Hat (RHEL) 6.2, then you should have/run /usr/bin/firefox not /opt/firefox/firefox…?

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9. RFederer / December 22, 2011

   great guide, thanks a lot!!!

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   • JR / December 22, 2011

     You are welcome! :) Soon you can get Firefox 9 also from f16-updates / f15-updates repo…

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     • RFederer / December 22, 2011

       is there any difference?

       I mean, I’m using fc16.x86_64 and yum says I installed this:

       Firefox.x86_64 9.0-2.fc17 @rawhide

       for the next update it’s pretty simple, just using:

       yum –enablerepo=rawhide update firefox

       Is there any danger using rawhide repo, fc becoming unstable?

       regards

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       • JR / December 22, 2011

         Actually you could just use your Firefox, without updating it from rawhide repo. If example Firefox.x86_64 9.0-4.fc16 build is first build on Fedora 16 updates repo, then it should override your Firefox.x86_64 9.0-2.fc17 version just with normal yum update or yum update firefox, because it’s newer version… :)

         If you update your Firefox using rawhide, then next version is soon Firefox 10 beta and so on…so rawhide version might be latest stable or totally unstable version… ;)

         You could check Fedora Firefox builds from here. Example currently newest build is Firefox.x86_64 9.0-3.fc17 / Firefox.x86_64 9.0-3.fc16, but fc16 build is still marked as f16-updates-candidate and f16-updates-pending, so it’s not updating your Firefox now, only if it’s moved f16-updates repo.

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         • RFederer / December 22, 2011

           thanks for the infos :)

           like you said, I’ll try to update to Firefox.x86_64 9.0-4.fc16 over yum update firefox if it’s moved to f16-updates repo…

           regards

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10. Odnap / December 23, 2011

    Works like a charm!

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11. Matthew Delaforce / December 28, 2011

    I have just installed Fedora 16 (64 bit), plus Firefox 9 has installed and all updates applied. It seems to work ok, apart from the problem none of the many Firefox plugins can be installed. I usually find they do install under other O/s versions, but on Fedora 16, they won’t even attempt to download.
    Is there another method to install Firefox plugins ?

    Do I need to add my user account to administration group?

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    • Matthew Delaforce / December 28, 2011

      Just found my own answer.
      For each plugin link, I need to right click it and choose open in new tab.
      Then the new tab actually runs the download and installs the plugin.

      Slight bug I think in the way Firefox 9 works links.

      Firefox 9 also seems to jump from one of my screens to the other when firefox is restarted.
      I have my main screen as the VGA port and the secondary screen on DVI.

      When I restart Firefox after adding a plugin or other, Firefox is not opening up again on the same screen it was running on, (even my default screen which is on the VGA port of the graphics card), instead firefox isjumping to the other output screen.

      Then if I right click on the Firefox title bar and click on unmaximise, firefox minimises to the the other screen.
      weird

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12. tony / December 28, 2011

    It happens that we have to re-register the damned java plugin for each machine that have upgraded its firefox.

    I’d say do not upgrade to firefox9 unless you can afford the downtime or the oracle and Mozilla team produce an automated solution .

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    • JR / December 28, 2011

      Hi tony,

      Really? I have upgraded some Firefox installations to Firefox 9 version and all existing Java (plugin) installation works ok…

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      • chen / January 3, 2012

        I think he could be refering to the 64-bit versions.

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        • JR / January 3, 2012

          Hi chen,

          I have of course upgraded 64-bit systems and no problems at all.

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13. Roxana / January 3, 2012

    Thanks a lot! It works great! Great explanation!

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14. Palmer Eldritch / January 5, 2012

    yum –enablerepo=updates-testing update firefox on Fedora 15
    What you posted is a waste of time

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    • JR / January 5, 2012

      Hi Palmer,

      Thanks for note, tested and fixed guide… ;)

      Reply
15. Rod Arn / January 12, 2012

    Hi,
    will this work on Centos 5.7?

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    • JR / January 12, 2012

      Hi Rod,

      Sorry, Firefox 9 is not working on CentOS 5.7. Enterprise Linux 5 is just too old to run Firefox 9.

      Here is Firefox 9 minimum system requirements on Linux…
      Firefox will not run at all without the following libraries or packages:
      GTK+ 2.10 or higher
      GLib 2.12 or higher
      Pango 1.14 or higher
      X.Org 1.0 or higher (1.7 or higher is recommended)
      libstdc++ 4.3 or higher

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16. hamidreza / January 12, 2012

    thanks a lot !

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17. kikiriki / January 13, 2012

    This works as long as you do not have yum-priorities plugin installed. Usually CentOS-Base will be very high priority (1) and other repositories including Remi will be on much lower priority (>20). In that case the latest version of Firefox will be invisible.

    What you need to do is set Remi repository to the same priority level as CentOS-Base repository. After that use System -> Administration -> Add/Remove software.

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18. Franz-Georg Neurieser / January 14, 2012

    Works great for me, thanks a lot for this detailed instruction!

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19. oryza / January 21, 2012

    Hi. I just did the update on Fedora 14 and it seems to work fine, thanks for posting these instructions. But I have a question. During the update process I got the message “Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum.” What does that mean? thanks. (PS: am not a techie, sorry)

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    • JR / January 21, 2012

      Hi oryza,

      It is nothing serious, it just mean that you have installed something with rpm command… :)

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20. Arnab / January 25, 2012

    Hello I get the following error
    =========================================
    [root@arnab1 ~]# yum list firefox
    Loaded plugins: product-id, refresh-packagekit, subscription-manager
    Updating Red Hat repositories.
    Installed Packages
    firefox.i686 3.6.17-1.el6_0 @rhel6

    =========================
    [root@arnab1 ~]# yum –enablerepo=remi update firefox
    Loaded plugins: product-id, refresh-packagekit, subscription-manager
    Updating Red Hat repositories.
    Setting up Update Process
    Resolving Dependencies
    –> Running transaction check
    —> Package firefox.i686 0:3.6.17-1.el6_0 will be updated
    —> Package firefox.i686 0:9.0.1-1.el6.remi will be an update
    –> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs(x86-32) = 9.0.1-1 for package: firefox-9.0.1-1.el6.remi.i686
    –> Processing Dependency: xulrunner9(x86-32) = 9.0.1 for package: firefox-9.0.1-1.el6.remi.i686
    –> Processing Dependency: libmozalloc.so for package: firefox-9.0.1-1.el6.remi.i686
    –> Running transaction check
    —> Package xulrunner9.i686 0:9.0.1-1.el6.remi will be installed
    –> Processing Dependency: nspr >= 4.8.8 for package: xulrunner9-9.0.1-1.el6.remi.i686
    –> Finished Dependency Resolution
    Error: Package: xulrunner9-9.0.1-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
    Requires: nspr >= 4.8.8
    Installed: nspr-4.8.7-1.el6.i686 (@anaconda-RedHatEnterpriseLinux-201105101829.i386/6.1)
    nspr = 4.8.7-1.el6
    You could try using –skip-broken to work around the problem
    You could try running: rpm -Va –nofiles –nodigest

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    • JR / January 25, 2012

      Hi Arnab,

      You have to update your nspr package to 4.8.8 version. And actually yum do it for you automatically, if you have RHEL repo enabled?

      Could you please post output of following command:

      yum repolist all

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21. Davide Ganz / February 3, 2012

    Many thanks! :)
    Now Works Great also for FF10 in CentOS6.

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    • JR / February 3, 2012

      Hi Davide,

      Yes, that’s true and I update this guide to Firefox 10 very soon…I was waiting Fedora builds, but now also those are also available… ;)

      Reply
22. Werner / February 7, 2012

    Hi there.
    Thanks for this info!

    Would it be able to install FireFox versions prior to v10?

    Thanks!
    Werner

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    • JR / February 7, 2012

      Hi Werner,

      You are welcome! :)

      Do you have some reason why you want to install earlier versions?

      Reply
23. Tulio / February 8, 2012

    Great!

    Reply
24. PitSchnass / February 13, 2012

    Works great with CentOS 6.2!

    Thanks!

    Reply