How to update firefox on redhat via yum

Question

I have firefox 3.0.12 on my redhat 5.8 and I'm trying to update it. But, yum update firefox does not find a new version, and continues to find only 3.0.12. I also tried to update yum itself.

I also tried downloading firefox tgz, but I get a lot of dependency files. Thus, this route is very tedious, and it is difficult for me to download dependent .so files.

How can I upgrade using yum or is there a .rpm for firefox that I can download and install (I did not find it on the mozilla website)

Answer 1

If yum upgrade firefox does not report any possible updates, you may not have the proper channels (you are not subscribed to them). You should see rhel-x86_64-server-5 (depending on your architecture and RHEL option - Server / Client ...) in the output of the yum repolist . If this is not the case, you need to register with RHN Classic (rhn.redhat.com) or your Red Hat Satellite company or something else - depending on your company policy.

If you have this channel, you should go to firefox-31.2.0-3.el5_11.x86_64 (which seems to be the last in the RHEL5 channel).

Answer 2

Firefox 3.0.12 is the latest version available in the 5.8 repository, and so you get the same thing. If you need the latest version, update the OS itself or download rpm manually and install using the yum localinstall .