Mozilla Firefox 33.1.1 version is released on 14 November 2014. This guide how to install Firefox 33.1.1 in RHEL/CentOS 7&6
What's New in Firefox 33.1.1 :
- Forget Button added
- Enhanced Tiles
- Privacy tour introduced
- Adding DuckDuckGo as a search option
- Support for connecting to HTTP proxy over HTTPS.
Steps to Install Mozilla Firefox 33.1.1 Version On RHEL/CentOS
Step1: Download Firefox 33.1.1 tar file
Download firefox Archive file using wget command as shown below.
32-Bit Operation System
# cd /usr/local/
# wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/33.1.1/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-33.1.1.tar.bz2
64-Bit Operating System
# cd /usr/local/
# wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/33.1.1/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-33.1.1.tar.bz2
Step2: Extract the Tar Archive file
After download is completed, extract the Archive file using tar command
# tar -xvjf firefox-33.1.1.tar.bz2
Step 3: Check and Configure the Firefox
Now Check the already installed firefox version
# firefox -v
Mozilla Firefox 24.0
Configure new version 33.1.1, we don't need to make any installation, we just create a softlink of firefox binary file.
# ln -s /usr/local/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
Step 4: Launch Firefox 33.1.1
Check the newly installed firefox version
# firefox -v
Mozilla Firefox 33.1.1
Now start the firefox 33.1.1 using command line or from taskbar
# firefox &
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