How to Install Latest Firefox 32bit for CentOS 6.2 KDE4 I686 Linux Desktop Easy Visual-Guide

November 24, 2012 | By Duchateaux.

The Guide shows you How to Install the Latest Firefox Stable i686 Browser on Linux CentOS 6.2 KDE4 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 KDE4 Desktop.

Firefox on CentOS
  1. Download Latest Firefox Stable Release:

    Firefox i686 tar.bz2
  2. Double-Click on Archive and Extract Into /tmp
    Install Firefox on KDE4 Extract

  3. Open a Terminal Window
    (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

    Debian Linux Squeeze Kde 4 Open Terminal

    In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

  4. 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
  5. Create a Custom Launcher for Easy-Starting:

    KDE4 How Menu Launcher
    Firefox & KDE4 Desktop Launcher
  6. How to Install Evernote Clone on Linux CentOS:

    Installing Evernote for CentOS

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