The Guide shows you Step-by-Step How to Install the Latest Firefox Stable i686 Browser on Linux CentOS 6.2 GNOME2 32-bit Desktop.
The Latest Firefox Version Coexists Perfectly with the Eventual Others Firefox Versions, this meaning that it’s sharing the Default Environment.
So to make easier the Visualization of the whole process the Guide includes the essential Screenshots.
Inside you find also detailed instructions about How to Create a Launcher for Firefox Browser on Linux CentOS GNOME Desktop.
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Download Latest Firefox Stable Release:
Firefox i686 tar.bz2 -
Double-Click on Archive and Extract Into /tmp
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Open Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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Relocate Firefox Directory
Login as SuperUser.
su
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
Relocate firefox Into firefox-latest.
sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/firefox && sudo mv /tmp/firefox /opt/firefox-latest
Make a firefox-latest Symlink for Easy-Starting.
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox-latest/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox-latest
Next you Can Start Firefox from Terminal with
firefox-latest
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Create a Launcher for Easy&Quick-Starting:
