How to Install Latest Firefox Browser 32bit on Linux Mageia 1-2-3 i686 Gnome3 Easy Visual-Guide

October 18, 2012 | By Regaz.

The Guide shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Firefox Browser i686 Latest Stable Release on Mageia Linux 1-2-3-4 GNOME3 32-bit Desktop.

The Latest Firefox Version can Coexist with the Others Firefox Versions without Troubles, this Mean that Once Fired Up it Will Just Load the Default Firefox 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 Mageia GNOME3 Desktop.

Firefox Beta & Mageia

  1. Download Latest Firefox Stable Release:

    Firefox i686 tar.bz2

  2. Double-Click on Firefox Archive and Extract Into /tmp
    Install Firefox on Debian 7 GNOME Extract

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

    Mageia Linux 2 GNOME 3 Open Terminal

  4. Relocate Firefox

    Login as SuperUser.

    su 

    If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

    Make a Firefox Directory.

    mkdir /opt/firefox

    Move Firefox Into firefox-Latest so to Prepare for a Possible Firefox Multi-Version Coexistence 

    sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/firefox && mv /tmp/firefox/firefox /opt/firefox/firefox-latest

    Make a firefox-Latest Symlink for Easy-Starting.

    ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox-latest/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox-latest

    Next you Can Start Firefox from Terminal with 

    firefox-latest

  5. Create a Firefox Launcher for Easy-Starting:

    Mageia GNOME3 Launcher

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