Mozilla & Firefox

[Eric D]

Where might I find a YUM repository which includes FireFox and/or a newer 
version of Mozilla?

Thanks.

>From: Olaf Olson <oolson at hadleyconnection.com>
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>Subject: Re: Mozilla & Firefox
>Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:26:48 -0700
>
>As they are separate executables, I should think they don't interfere, but, 
>since they access the same profiles, etc., they should definitely not run 
>simultaneously. I also suspect that you wouldn't really want to do that 
>anyway. That's why I suggested removing mozilla and installing firefox and 
>thunderbird. If you're not using mozilla for e-mail, then don't install 
>thunderbird and be happy with the mozilla browser without the added bulk, 
>aka. firefox.
>
>Olaf
>
>Eric D wrote:
>
>>So does this mean that Mozilla and FireFox are mutually exclusive. You can 
>>have the one installed, but not the other?
>>
>>Eric.
>>
>>>From: Olaf Olson <oolson at hadleyconnection.com>
>>>Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:04:36 -0700
>>>
>>>Eric,
>>>
>>>There's supposed to be a method for installing Mozilla 1.7 and I think 
>>>1.8, too. Check the archives of this list and the General list for the 
>>>announcement. I've never been able to make it work and there is currently 
>>>no YUM repository with a newer version than 1.6. If you do a yum upgrade 
>>>mozilla, you'll get that version if freshrpms is in your yum.conf file.
>>>
>>>I have found that removing mozilla and installing firefox gives you the 
>>>1.7 equivalent browser, but you have to use an external e-mail client. I 
>>>was using Thunderbird, with a different browser, and find that it still 
>>>works fine with Firefox, is more current for both the browser and email 
>>>applications than the current yum-able mozilla, installs with yum, and 
>>>just generally works well.
>>>
>>>yum remove mozilla
>>>yum install firefox
>>>yum install thunderbird
>>>
>>>Removing mozilla does not delete user profiles. The new Firefox and 
>>>Thunderbird recognize the old mozilla profiles and stuff, so you still 
>>>will get continuity.
>>>
>>>Olaf
>>
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