Comments on: Install Firefox 2.0.0.9 in CentOS 5 / RHEL 5 http://www.nixadmins.net/2007/11/22/install-firefox-2-0-0-9-in-centos-5-rhel-5/ Blogging for knowledge Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:02:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mats Hellman http://www.nixadmins.net/2007/11/22/install-firefox-2-0-0-9-in-centos-5-rhel-5/comment-page-1/#comment-733 Mats Hellman Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:14:02 +0000 #comment-733 Math, I would remember that Firefox 3 is included in RHEL/CentOS 5. But good to hear you got it working by installing it in /opt. This article is starting to get quite old :) Math, I would remember that Firefox 3 is included in RHEL/CentOS 5.
But good to hear you got it working by installing it in /opt. This article is starting to get quite old :)

]]> By: Math http://www.nixadmins.net/2007/11/22/install-firefox-2-0-0-9-in-centos-5-rhel-5/comment-page-1/#comment-732 Math Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:43:48 +0000 #comment-732 I followed the steps and it dint work for me, so i installed it in /opt directory. I followed the steps and it dint work for me, so i installed it in /opt directory.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nixadmins.net/2007/11/22/install-firefox-2-0-0-9-in-centos-5-rhel-5/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Anonymous Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-252 works fine with me.. more power.. works fine with me.. more power..

]]> By: Diezel http://www.nixadmins.net/2007/11/22/install-firefox-2-0-0-9-in-centos-5-rhel-5/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Diezel Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-253 Good to hear. Cheers Good to hear.

Cheers

]]> By: AD http://www.nixadmins.net/2007/11/22/install-firefox-2-0-0-9-in-centos-5-rhel-5/comment-page-1/#comment-254 AD Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-254 I've also installed Firefox 2 on my CentOS 5 server. I thought I'd include here a variant of the above instructions for those that are very new to *nix. These instructions will maintain both the 1.5 and the 2 versions intact and wont cause problems with the 1.5 installation even after it is updated (or so I think... I haven't had a 1.5 update since doing this yet :) All previously installed plug-ins (mozplugger, mplayerplug-in etc.) seem to be working. Running Firefox 2 and Firefox 1.5 on RHEL 5 or CentOS 5: 1) Download the tar.gz file from Mozilla.org into a temporary directory. 2) Unzip and untar the archive. 3) Rename the new firefox directory as firefox2_aux 4) As root copy the firefox2_aux directory to /usr/lib 5) Do a cp "/usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox_2_test" 6) Edit the /usr/bin/firefox_2_test file and change all references to the firefox-1.5.0.12 directory (or whatever the current version of firefox 1.5 is) to firefox2_aux (i.e. replace all "firefox-1.5.0.12" with "firefox2_aux"). 7) Provided you have the flash plug-in installed, go into /usr/lib/firefox2_aux/plugins/ do a "ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so ./libflashplayer.so" (i.e. you want to mimick what is in the /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.12/plugins/ directory). If you dont have the flash plug-in installed, skip this step. 8) As a regular user, test everything out by running the "firefox_2_test" command from the command line. 9) If everything works and you like using firefox 2 do the following as root: 9a) "mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox_1_5" 9b) "mv /usr/bin/firefox_2_test /usr/bin/firefox" Now, whenever the system runs the firefox command, firefox 2 will be launched. To make sure nothing gets broken when there's an update of CentOS firefox 1.5 rpm do the following: 10) As root "cp /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox2_orig" 11) After an update to the firefox 1.5 rpm, as root "cp /usr/bin/firefox2_orig /usr/bin/firefox" I’ve also installed Firefox 2 on my CentOS 5 server. I thought I’d include here a variant of the above instructions for those that are very new to *nix. These instructions will maintain both the 1.5 and the 2 versions intact and wont cause problems with the 1.5 installation even after it is updated (or so I think… I haven’t had a 1.5 update since doing this yet :) All previously installed plug-ins (mozplugger, mplayerplug-in etc.) seem to be working.

Running Firefox 2 and Firefox 1.5 on RHEL 5 or CentOS 5:

1) Download the tar.gz file from Mozilla.org into a temporary directory.

2) Unzip and untar the archive.

3) Rename the new firefox directory as firefox2_aux

4) As root copy the firefox2_aux directory to /usr/lib

5) Do a cp “/usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox_2_test”

6) Edit the /usr/bin/firefox_2_test file and change all references to the firefox-1.5.0.12 directory (or whatever the current version of firefox 1.5 is) to firefox2_aux (i.e. replace all “firefox-1.5.0.12″ with “firefox2_aux”).

7) Provided you have the flash plug-in installed, go into /usr/lib/firefox2_aux/plugins/ do a “ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so ./libflashplayer.so” (i.e. you want to mimick what is in the /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.12/plugins/ directory). If you dont have the flash plug-in installed, skip this step.

8) As a regular user, test everything out by running the “firefox_2_test” command from the command line.

9) If everything works and you like using firefox 2 do the following as root:
9a) “mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox_1_5″
9b) “mv /usr/bin/firefox_2_test /usr/bin/firefox”

Now, whenever the system runs the firefox command, firefox 2 will be launched.

To make sure nothing gets broken when there’s an update of CentOS firefox 1.5 rpm do the following:

10) As root “cp /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox2_orig”

11) After an update to the firefox 1.5 rpm, as root “cp /usr/bin/firefox2_orig /usr/bin/firefox”

]]> By: Diezel http://www.nixadmins.net/2007/11/22/install-firefox-2-0-0-9-in-centos-5-rhel-5/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Diezel Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-257 I'll try it this way the next time I'll install CentOS and see how it goes. Thanks for the info. I’ll try it this way the next time I’ll install CentOS and see how it goes. Thanks for the info.

]]> By: Diezel http://www.nixadmins.net/2007/11/22/install-firefox-2-0-0-9-in-centos-5-rhel-5/comment-page-1/#comment-258 Diezel Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-258 Great to hear that there was no bigger problem. Great to hear that there was no bigger problem.

]]> By: Mark R http://www.nixadmins.net/2007/11/22/install-firefox-2-0-0-9-in-centos-5-rhel-5/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Mark R Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-267 With this article and another, I was able to get Flash to work on this version of FFox 64bit. Here's the other article: http://justinconover.com/blog/2007/05/12/flash-with-64-bit-firefox/#comment-174 (copied below) Since I run CentOS 5 and Fedora 7 on most of my laptop/desktop(s) I use 64 bit version for the OS. Instead of adding 32 bit firefox (installed too) you can use nspluginwrapper for flash/java/real and several other plugins. wget http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/files/nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.4-1.x86_64.rpm wget http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/files/nspluginwrapper-i386-0.9.91.4-1.x86_64.rpm wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz sudo rpm -ivh nspluginwrapper-* tar xvzf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz cp install_flash_player_9_linux/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ cp install_flash_player_9_linux/flashplayer.xpt /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so Many thanks to the posters of both articles for simplifying this matter :) Sincerely, Mark R With this article and another, I was able to get Flash to work on this version of FFox 64bit.

Here’s the other article:
http://justinconover.com/blog/2007/05/12/flash-with-64-bit-firefox/#comment-174

(copied below)

Since I run CentOS 5 and Fedora 7 on most of my laptop/desktop(s) I use 64 bit version for the OS. Instead of adding 32 bit firefox (installed too) you can use nspluginwrapper for flash/java/real and several other plugins.

wget http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/files/nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.4-1.x86_64.rpm

wget http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/files/nspluginwrapper-i386-0.9.91.4-1.x86_64.rpm
wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz

sudo rpm -ivh nspluginwrapper-*

tar xvzf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz

cp install_flash_player_9_linux/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

cp install_flash_player_9_linux/flashplayer.xpt /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

Many thanks to the posters of both articles for simplifying this matter :)

Sincerely,

Mark R

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nixadmins.net/2007/11/22/install-firefox-2-0-0-9-in-centos-5-rhel-5/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Anonymous Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-272 Hi, I had a problem with the first install. when I try to run the program I get this message: "Error: the browser firefox doesn't exist. Please reconfigure". Please help me. Hi, I had a problem with the first install. when I try to run the program I get this message: “Error: the browser firefox doesn’t exist. Please reconfigure”. Please help me.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nixadmins.net/2007/11/22/install-firefox-2-0-0-9-in-centos-5-rhel-5/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Anonymous Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-273 sorry, I already solved the problem... i missed a part.... sorry, I already solved the problem… i missed a part….

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