Install Firefox 6 on Fedora 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11

Install Firefox 6 on Fedora 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11

Mozilla Firefox 6 is released and this is guide, howto install Firefox 6 on Fedora 15, Fedora 14, Fedora 13, Fedora 12 and Fedora 11 using YUM. This is not big deal for Fedora 15 users, because Firefox 6 found on update repos, but this is good for older Fedora users.

What’s new in Firefox 6

• The address bar now highlights the domain of the website you’re visiting
• Support for the latest draft version of WebSockets with a prefixed API
• Support for EventSource / Server-sent events
• Support for window.matchMedia
• Scratchpad, an interactive JavaScript prototyping environment
• New Web Developer menu item and moved development-related items into it
• Improved usability of the Web Console
• Improved the discoverability of Firefox Sync
• Reduced browser startup time when using Panorama
• Fixed several stability issues
• Fixed several security issues

Read full details from Firefox 6 release notes.

Install Mozilla Firefox 6 on Fedora 15, Fedora 14, Fedora 13, Fedora 12 and Fedora 11

1. Backup your current Firefox 3/4 profiles (just in case)

tar -cvzf $HOME/mozilla-firefox-profiles-backup.tar.gz $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/

2. Change root user

su -
## OR ##
sudo -i

3. Install Remi repository (needed only for Fedora 14 and Fedora 13)

## Remi Dependency on Fedora 14, Fedora 13, Fedora 12 and Fedora 11 ##
rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm 
rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
 
## Fedora 14 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-14.rpm
 
## Fedora 13 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-13.rpm
 
## Fedora 12 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-12.rpm
 
## Fedora 11 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-11.rpm

4. Check Available Firefox 6 versions

Fedora 15

yum list firefox

Fedora 14/13/12/11

yum --enablerepo=remi list firefox

5. Install Mozilla Firefox 6

Fedora 15

yum install firefox

Fedora 14/13/12/11

yum --enablerepo=remi install firefox xulrunner6

6. Start Firefox 6

Then start Firefox with using command:
Fedora 15/14/13

firefox

Or use Firefox (6) launcher.

Firefox 6 Screenshots

Firefox 6 running on Fedora 15

Firefox 6 Acid 3 test