Re: RPMs for Firefox?

Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

On 2006-07-16, Todd and Margo Chester <ToddMargoChester@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Does anyone know of a source of RPM's for current
releases of Firefox that will run under CentOS Linux
(same as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, only cheaper)?
(YUM updates me to 1.0.8; FF is currently on 1.5.0.4)

Well, Mandriva has versions of FF 1.5.0.4 and it is very similar to ( but
not the same as) Redhat. Eg,
http://www.seerofsouls.com/mandriva/2006/i586/2006/

Note that the safest would probably to download the .src.rpm and compile
that against your redhat, since some packages may be slightly different.
But you could just try the rpm and see if it works.



If you don't require an RPM, and just want an x86 firefox, you can
download a tarball from mozilla.com. (The x86 version should run
fine on x86_64.)

If not, is there a way to roll my own RPM?

Well, you can build from source. :) It's actually quite easy, but
takes a fair amount of time.

--keith

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