Install Mozilla Firefox 20/10 on Fedora 18/17/16/15/14, CentOS 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.9 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.9
1. Backup your current Firefox 3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19 profiles (just in case)
tar -cvzf $HOME/mozilla-firefox-profiles-backup.tar.gz $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/
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2. Change root user
3. Install Remi repository
Note: Currently not needed on Fedora 18/17, CentOS 5.9 and Red Hat (RHEL) 5.9.
Fedora 15/14
## Remi Dependency on Fedora 16/15 ##
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
## Fedora 16 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-16.rpm
## Fedora 15 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-15.rpm
## Fedora 14 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-14.rpm
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CentOS 6 / Red Hat (RHEL) 6
## Remi Dependency on CentOS 6 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6 ##
rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
## CentOS 6 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm
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4. Check Available Firefox versions
Fedora 18/17
Fedora 16/15/14, CentOS 6.4 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.4
yum --enablerepo=remi list firefox
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CentOS 5.9 and Red Hat (RHEL) 5.9
Note: Firefox 10 available.
5. Update or Install Mozilla Firefox 20/10
Fedora 18/17
yum update firefox
## OR ##
yum install firefox
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Fedora 16/15/14, CentOS 6.4 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.4
yum --enablerepo=remi update firefox
## OR ##
yum --enablerepo=remi install firefox
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CentOS 5.9 and Red Hat (RHEL) 5.9
yum update firefox
## OR ##
yum install firefox
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Note: Firefox 10 available.
6. Start Firefox 20/10
Then start Firefox with using command:
Or use Firefox (20/10) launcher.
Firefox 20/17/16/10 Screenshots
Firefox 20 running on Fedora 18
![Ffirefox 20 on Fedora 18](http://media.if-not-true-then-false.com/2011/11/firefox-20-on-fedora-18-560x337.png)
Firefox 17 running on CentOS 6.3
![Firefox 17 Running on CentOS 6.3 Firefox 17 Running on CentOS 6.3](http://media.if-not-true-then-false.com/2011/11/firefox-17-running-on-centos-6.3-560x381.png)
Firefox 16 running on CentOS 6.3
![Firefox 16 running on CentOS 6.3 Firefox 16 running on CentOS 6.3](http://media.if-not-true-then-false.com/2011/11/firefox-16-running-on-centos-6.3-560x380.png)
Firefox 10 running on CentOS 6.2
![Firefox 10 running on CentOS 6.2 Firefox 10 running on CentOS 6.2](http://media.if-not-true-then-false.com/2011/11/firefox-10-running-on-centos-6.2-560x354.png)
Firefox 10 on Fedora 16 Acid 3 test 100/100 :)
![Fedora 16 Firefox 10 acid3 Fedora 16 Firefox 10 acid3](http://media.if-not-true-then-false.com/2011/11/fedora-16-firefox-10-acid3-560x333.png)
Reference: http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2011/install-firefox-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/
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