I'm a dumbass when it comes to Linux... so I'm still learning...

I'm currently using Fedora Core 4 and want to upgrade FireFox 1.0.7 to 1.5.

How the hell do I do this once I downloaded the .tar file from the Mozilla website?

Sorry, I suck...

Thanks guys...

 

how'd your rear shock install go?

 

Haha... nice thread hijack..

Didn't get a change to do it becaus ethe bolt and nut were not instock at the dealer. Should be available on Monday.

But instead, I did this: http://www.socalsvriders.org/forums/...threadid=17516

How do you like?

 

go to the directory where the file was downloaded...
then type in

tar -xvf <filename>

after the files have been decompressed just follow the readme instruction

kthanxbye

 

me likey mucho gusto. :jealous:

 

Ok... I knew how to do that... but How do I replace the existing firefox with a newer one?

See... when i click on the firefox.ssh file in the directory, it doesn't startup. Or if I point the existing target to the new firefox directory, it doesn't startup.

Sorry if I sound like a total dumbass at this point, but with all the painting these past few days off work, I might have just killed a few brain cells....

 

Linux/GTK2



Extract the tarball and run the installer like so: <CODE>tar -xzvf firefox-1.0.7.installer.tar.gz
cd firefox-installer
./firefox-installer </CODE>

If you have Nautilus set up to run Executable Text Files you can just double click firefox-installer to run.

 

wget ftp://fr.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/co...1.5-3.i386.rpm

rpm -Uv firefox-1.5-3.i386.rpm

 

^ much easier way

 

^ bingo ! get the rpm

 

Best reason I use redhat... RPMs are the shit!

Thanks guys!!! Drinks on me... whenever we have our Acurazine National Meet....

 

STFU, if I had done that, you would've called it

fuckin' sala

 

btw Dustin, I'm gonna need instructions on AIM since I'm going to paint the midpipe. Do think I can get Satin Black?

 

banchod, stop whoring up the thread, sala kutha

 

he got his answer so stuf kutti

 

Ok...

I get a "failed dependencies" message

wtf

 

try this one:

wget ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/freshrpm...0.fc4.i386.rpm

 

is your FC4 up2date?

 

you could try --nodeps in the rpm command

 

yea, but it only updated to 1.0.7

 

yeah. ok well, the firefox install is saying "failed dependencies"

this means some other package on your machine is not current enough to install firefox, like one of these:

* nspr >= %{nspr_devel}
* nss = 3.11-2
* desktop-file-utils >= 0.9
* rpmlib(VersionedDependencies) = 3.0.3-1
* /bin/sh
* /bin/sh
* /bin/sh
* rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) = 4.0-1
* rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) = 3.0.4-1
* /bin/sh
* libart_lgpl_2.so.2
* libatk-1.0.so.0
* libbonobo-2.so.0
* libbonobo-activation.so.4
* libbonoboui-2.so.0
* libcairo.so.2
* libc.so.6
* libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
* libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
* libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
* libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
* libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
* libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)
* libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)
* libdl.so.2
* libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.0)
* libfontconfig.so.1
* libfreetype.so.6
* libgcc_s.so.1
* libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.0)
* libgcc_s.so.1(GLIBC_2.0)
* libgconf-2.so.4
* libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0
* libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
* libglib-2.0.so.0
* libgmodule-2.0.so.0
* libgnome-2.so.0
* libgnomecanvas-2.so.0
* libgnome-keyring.so.0
* libgnomeui-2.so.0
* libgnomevfs-2.so.0
* libgobject-2.0.so.0
* libgthread-2.0.so.0
* libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
* libICE.so.6
* libjpeg.so.62
* libm.so.6
* libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
* libnspr4.so
* libnss3.so
* libORBit-2.so.0
* libpango-1.0.so.0
* libpangocairo-1.0.so.0
* libpangoft2-1.0.so.0
* libplc4.so
* libplds4.so
* libpng12.so.0
* libpopt.so.0
* libpthread.so.0
* libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0)
* libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.1)
* libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.2)
* libsmime3.so
* libSM.so.6
* libssl3.so
* libstdc++.so.6
* libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4)
* libX11.so.6
* libXft.so.2
* libXinerama.so.1
* libxml2.so.2
* libXrender.so.1
* libXt.so.6
* libz.so.1

you could check all of them to see if they meet the requirements, like so

rpm -qa | grep libz.so.1 (for each require up there)

or do a --nodeps to install firefox without checking the other packages.

maybe the source install will be better, but i doubt it.

did it say what failed? try rpm -Uvv that will print out more info.

or try that other rpm.

 

 

haha. that reminds me of my gixxer exhaust i painted over the summer

 

Still no luck....

how do you uninstall the previous RPM?

now my broswer doesn't work at all

 

Wait! Second RPM worked! Install is a success... currently running 1.5

hey wipeOut, where do you find all the RPMs? and how do you update automatically (place them on the up2date list?)

 

rpm.pbone.net or rpmfind.net

the up2date is just for updates released by the fedora team.

you could use yum. you could probably make your own repository, then set up2date to look to that. but then you have to populate the repository yourself and be aware of when updates are released. pain in the ass really.

 

I use ubuntu which is a debian based distrobution. apt-get makes things like this very easy because all the dependencies are downloaded as well. imo,

apt-get > *

 

NiteQwill im using FC4 too. So far i have been through FC2,3,4 and its has gotten better everytime and hell of a lot better than Xp ever could in my opinion.

www.fedoraforum.org is a great place to find answers and just read and learn things.

 

have you tried yumex? its a graphical interface for yum. so all you do is search for the program name or type and it gives you a list. whats better is that it resolves all the dependencies so you dont have to worry about that.

as root yum install yumex


btw: since firefox 1.5 is still beta they dont have it on the regular repos, its under the development repos. on yumex just click repos and click the checkbox on the ones you want to activate and hit refresh.


good luck on the learning and feel free to ask any questions if you need help

 

Thanks for the help guys. I'm going to clean install Fedora again on my comp once I backup all my Windows stuff.

Yumex!! Great advice..

 

Wow.... again... Yumex is the shit! I haven't had this much fun in awhile on a computer... lol