Install or Upgrade Firefox 24 on CentOS

Install or Update Firefox 24 on CentOS :

 

   Mozilla Firefox 24 is released and this is guide, howto install or upgrade Firefox 24 on CentOS 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6 using YUM. Firefox 17 ESR (Extended Support Release) is currently available on CentOS 6.4/5.9 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.4/5.9 own repos, so with this guide you can also install Firefox 17 ESR on CentOS 5.9.

What’s new in Firefox 24 :

• Mixed content blocking enabled to protects users from man-in-the-middle attacks and eavesdroppers on HTTPS pages
• Implemented Close tabs to the right
• Social: Ability to tear-off chat windows to view separately by simply dragging them out
• Performance improvements on New Tab Page loads
• Improved and unified Browser console for enhanced debugging experience, replacing existing Error console
• Security fixes   

1. Backup your current Firefox old profiles:  

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

2. Change root user :     

     su                

     password ******* 

3. Install Remi repository :   

     rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm 

     rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm 

5. Update or Install Mozilla Firefox :  

     yum --enablerepo=remi update firefox

     yum --enablerepo=remi install firefox

Happy Browsing ......