On 3/8/06, Lief Hendrickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 06:47 PM 3/7/06 -0800, you wrote:
> >On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 06:40:45PM -0800, Lief Hendrickson wrote:
> > > Can anyone comment on how to upgrade Firefox on Fedora3? I downloaded the
> > > tar file - uncertain what to do with it. What folder is Firefox located
> > > in? Thanks for any help.
> > >
> >
> >Use the rpm file -- much easier.
> >
> >http://rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/fedora/updates/3/i386/firefox-1.0.7-1.1.fc3.i386.html
> >
> >Download it, become root, and type:
> >
> > rpm -Uvh firefox-1.0.7-1.1.fc3.i386.rpm
> >
> >(or whatever its name is) and hit enter.
> >
> >If that fails dependencies, get back to us.
> >
> >--
> >Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616
> >Tcl/Tk Enthusiast
>
>
> I downloaded the file from the above link into the \root directory (it was
> the same except for a "src" in place of the "i386"). I ran the command
> above and got a warning message and nothing else happened. What is it
> looking for? a DSA signature or key of some sort? Here's a copy of what
> happened:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rpm -Uvh firefox-1.0.7-1.1.fc3.src.rpm
> warning: firefox-1.0.7-1.1.fc3.src.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID
> 4f2a6fd2 1:firefox
> ########################################### [100%]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]#
Don't do that. In the first place, you should not be using the /root
directory for a working space. In the second place, you downloaded
the _wrong_ file. firefox-1.0.7-1.1.fc3.src.rpm is the source for
compiling firefox, which is a thing you definitely don't want to be
trying. You can undo what you just did by
# rpm -e firefox-1.0.7-1.1.fc3.src.rpm
which will erase the set of source files that your previous action
installed in /usr/src/redhat. You didn't want to know about them.
Also
# rm /root/firefox-1.0.7-1.1.fc3.src.rpm
so that there isn't extra stuff hanging around in the /root directory.
With all due respect to Lan, he pointed you to the wrong place, or at
best a misleading place. Short time out while I try to find the
right place for a Firefox RPM to work with FC3.
Long time out. There doesn't seem to be a right place.
Do you have yum installed? If so, and everything is properly
configured, you should be able to do (as root):
# yum update firefox
and sit back and watch the computer do all the hard stuff. According
to my current yum information, this will install Firefox 1.0.7-1.1.fc3
.
I don't remember whether yum came with FC3 or if I had to install it
separately. Worst case you could come to the next InstallFest for
some hands-on guidance.
carl
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