How to Install Firefox on RHEL and Debian Systems

Ravi SaiveLast Updated: March 15, 2023 Read Time: 2 minsWeb Browsers 57 Comments

In most modern Linux distributions, the latest version of Firefox has been already installed from the default distribution package manager and configured as the default browser.

In this article, we will explain other ways of installing the latest version of Firefox on RHEL-based distributions such as CentOS Stream, Fedora, Rocky, and AlmaLinux and Debian-based distributions such as Ubuntu and Linux Mint.

Table of Contents

1. Install Firefox Using Package Manager

To install Firefox on your Linux distribution using the default package manager, run:

$ sudo apt install firefox           [On Debian, Ubuntu and Mint]
$ sudo yum install firefox           [On RHEL/CentOS/Fedora and Rocky/AlmaLinux]
$ sudo emerge -a www-client/firefox  [On Gentoo Linux]
$ sudo apk add firefox               [On Alpine Linux]
$ sudo pacman -S firefox             [On Arch Linux]
$ sudo zypper install firefox        [On OpenSUSE]

The above installation method is recommended because it assures that Firefox and along with the needed libraries are installed and configured on your distributions.

However, there might be a little delay between the release of the latest Firefox version and the moment when your distribution updates the new version of Firefox is available to install from the default repositories.

2. Install Firefox Using Flatpak

To install the new Firefox version, you need to first install and configure Flatpak on your Linux distribution. Once Flatpak is installed, navigate to Firefox Flathub’s page and hit the Install button to install it.

Alternatively, you can type the following command to install Firefox in a terminal:

# flatpak install flathub org.mozilla.firefox

3. Install Firefox Using Snap

To install Firefox from Snap, first, you need to install Snap on your distribution. Once Snap is installed, navigate to the Firefox Snapcraft’s Store page, and hit the Install button to follow the instructions.

Alternatively, you can run the following command to install Firefox in a terminal:

# sudo snap install firefox

4. Install Firefox from Source in Linux

To install Firefox from the source tarball, you must log in as a root user or have sudo privileges to execute sudo commands on the system.

Open any web browser and visit the official Firefox download page and click on the Download Now button.

Next, open a terminal and go to the Downloads directory, where you have downloaded Firefox, and install it as shown.

# cd ~/Downloads
# tar xjf firefox-*.tar.bz2
# mv firefox /opt
# ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox
# wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mozilla/sumo-kb/main/install-firefox-linux/firefox.desktop -P /usr/local/share/applications

To verify that Firefox has been successfully installed, open the Troubleshooting Information page. In the Application Basics window, the value of Application Binary should be /opt/firefox/firefox-bin.

Uninstall Firefox from Linux System

If you have installed Firefox from the default distro-based package manager, you should run:

$ sudo apt purge firefox            [On Debian, Ubuntu and Mint]
$ sudo yum remove firefox           [On RHEL/CentOS/Fedora and Rocky/AlmaLinux]
$ sudo emerge --deselect firefox    [On Gentoo Linux]
$ sudo apk del firefox              [On Alpine Linux]
$ sudo pacman -R firefox            [On Arch Linux]
$ sudo zypper remove firefox        [On OpenSUSE]

If you have installed Firefox using Flatpack or Snap, run:

# flatpak uninstall flathub org.mozilla.firefox
OR
# snap remove firefox

If you have installed Firefox from the source binary package, simply remove the folder firefox in your home directory to uninstall Firefox.

# rm -rf /opt/firefox/firefox
# rm -rf /usr/local/share/applications/firefox.desktop
# rm -rf /home/user/.mozilla/

The above commands will remove Firefox along with the user data such as bookmarks, passwords, and cookies.

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aruna

November 5, 2015 at 9:41 am

how to install vlc in rhel 7 ??
Reply
- Ravi Saive
  
  November 5, 2015 at 10:30 am
  
  @Aruna,
  Here is the guide that will show you VLC installation..
  https://www.tecmint.com/install-vlc-media-player-in-rhel-centos-6-3-5-6-fedora-17-12/
  Reply
Guillon

December 12, 2014 at 10:48 pm

I have finally installed firefox 30 on my Centos 6.2 . All worked, even after reboot. But after having stop my computer, (the next boot was stopped inside “démarrer atd”.
How to go further?
Reply
Guillon

November 29, 2014 at 2:31 pm

Many thanks for your answer.
I have tried the “sed” command . But I got the following error message :
sed: -e expression n°1, caractère 24: référence \1 invalide dans le côté droit de la commande `s’.
Que dois-je faire.
Encore merci.
Reply
Prashant

November 3, 2014 at 10:36 pm

Hi,

I’m getting this error.

[root@localhost firefox]# yum –enablerepo=remi list firefox
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Error: Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: epel. Please verify its path and try again

Regards,
Prashant
Reply
- Ravi Saive
  
  November 3, 2014 at 11:43 pm
  Running the following command to update the repo to use http rather than using https.
```
$ sed -i 's/(mirrorlist=http)s/\1/' /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
```
  Next, run the following command to update this system.
```
# yum -y update
```
  Reply
Rohit Singh

October 31, 2014 at 2:22 pm

Dear Sir,

I am sucessfully updated Mozila Firefoz 29. to 31.2.0 but after updating i am getting follwing below error

[root@ITDept ~]# firefox
/usr/lib64/firefox/firefox: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/firefox/libxul.so: undefined symbol: gdk_window_get_visual

Please let me know how to resloved this issues and alos let me know if i want downgarde from Version 31 to 29 what steps need take.

Please help.
Reply
- George Boyce
  
  November 1, 2014 at 7:23 pm
  
  For resolving the undefined symbol error,
  see https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg106365.html
  
  I haven’t tested the solution yet but it sounds correct.
  
  To downgrade, probably
  yum remove firefox
  yum install –disablerepo=remi firefox
  Reply
Jinesh

October 8, 2014 at 12:41 pm

I updated mozila to v30 in cent OS 6.5 now mozila not connecting to internet showing sec_error_ca_cert_invalid.

I have one “old firefox date” folder how can I migrate those certificates to updated version of mozila.
Reply
suri

August 22, 2014 at 4:39 pm

i am using cent os 6. can i use Mozilla firefox v30.? if yes, please help me to install and update.
Reply
Zydoon

July 15, 2014 at 10:29 pm

You better clearly say that last firefox version bult on REMI is V26, and change the article title
Reply
- Ravi Saive
  
  July 16, 2014 at 5:12 pm
  
  The article is little outdated and we really sorry for the trouble you guys facing, we will soon update the article with latest release of Firefox.
  Reply
  - Doron
    
    August 4, 2014 at 3:22 pm
    
    an update to 30 is REALLY needed….
    Reply
    - Ravi Saive
      
      August 4, 2014 at 3:44 pm
      
      Yes, we are in progress to update our old articles to latest version compatibility.
      Reply
Kabir

May 31, 2014 at 7:12 am

My laptop is running on RHEL 5.6 . Does this version of rhel supports firefox 29. if yes, how to i install it?
Reply
- Ravi Saive
  
  May 31, 2014 at 12:14 pm
  
  The installation instructions will work on CentOS 5.6, but not sure you will get latest versio of Firefox 29, but you will get whatever version that available from the repos for your Linux version. I think you should give a try…
  Reply
Robert

May 26, 2014 at 2:13 am

This just shows me exactly why I will never use any form of Linux. I NEVER had ANY problems installing Firefox or any of the updates in either windows or OS X.
Reply
Gaurav

May 6, 2014 at 11:03 am

the command
sudo yum –enablerepo=remi list firefox

displays version 26 as the latest.

Firefox v29 isn’t listed in that list.

Does anyone faced this issue.?
Reply
- Ravi Saive
  
  May 6, 2014 at 3:44 pm
  
  On Which OS version you’ve tried?
  Reply
  - Bla
    
    May 6, 2014 at 6:16 pm
    
    I have the same issue on Fedora 16.
    Reply
    - Ravi Saive
      
      May 7, 2014 at 12:10 pm
      
      I think, newer version of Firefox is not available for older Fedora versions via repositories. So, better install it from source using following commands.
      
      # cd /usr/local # wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/29.0/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-29.0.tar.bz2 [For 32-Bit] # wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/29.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-29.0.tar.bz2 [For 64-Bit] # tar xvjf firefox-29.0.tar.bz2 # ln -s /usr/local/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox # firefox
      Reply
      - Rex
        
        August 8, 2014 at 12:24 am
        
        Ravi,
        
        This wget then tar procedure works on my RHEL 6.5 (Santiago Kernel 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64).
        
        I first went to check out the desired version of firefox (which is firefox-17.0.11esr.tar.bz2) over here –
        http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/latest-17.0esr/linux-x86_64/en-US/
        
        Then downloaded, unzipped and kicked it off as you mentioned above.
        # wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/latest-17.0esr/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-17.0.11esr.tar.bz2
        # tar xvjf firefox-17.0.11esr.tar.bz2
        
        # ln -s /usr/local/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
        # firefox&
        
        I now can enjoy Firefox.
        
        Great post.
        
        Cheers,
        Rex
royt

April 30, 2014 at 6:54 pm

The latest version of firefox in the remi repository is Firefox 26.0-2.

Otherwise a good and succinct article
Reply
shojib

March 27, 2014 at 1:31 am

Hi ,
I have successfully installed firefox on my vps
but when I open it , it says “No display specified”
Any solution on it?
Reply
- Ravi Saive
  
  March 27, 2014 at 12:44 pm
  First, you must have X server installed such as Gnome, KDE or XFCE or whatever you like. And then set the display variable as shown below.
```
# export DISPLAY=:0
```
  Now, run the firefox command again from the terminal.
  Reply
tuhin

February 2, 2014 at 6:21 pm

Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libssl3.so(NSS_3.13)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
libssl3.so(NSS_3.13)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libssl3.so(NSS_3.13.2)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
libssl3.so(NSS_3.13.2)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libsmime3.so(NSS_3.15)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
libsmime3.so(NSS_3.15)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libnss3.so(NSS_3.13)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
libnss3.so(NSS_3.13)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.0)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libsmime3.so(NSS_3.13)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
libsmime3.so(NSS_3.13)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: nspr >= 4.10.2
Installed: nspr-4.8.6-1.el6.i686 (@anaconda-RedHatEnterpriseLinux-201009221732.i386/6.0)
nspr = 4.8.6-1.el6
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libnss3.so(NSS_3.12.9)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
libnss3.so(NSS_3.12.9)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libjpeg.so.62(LIBJPEG_6.2)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libnssutil3.so(NSSUTIL_3.13)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
libnssutil3.so(NSSUTIL_3.13)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libssl3.so(NSS_3.15)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
libssl3.so(NSS_3.15)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: nss >= 3.15.3
Installed: nss-3.12.7-2.el6.i686 (@anaconda-RedHatEnterpriseLinux-201009221732.i386/6.0)
nss = 3.12.7-2.el6
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libssl3.so(NSS_3.14)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
libssl3.so(NSS_3.14)
You could try using –skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: rpm -Va –nofiles –nodigest
Reply
ravinder

January 5, 2014 at 8:32 pm

i am not able to install IE 7 or add plugins to support IE7 on REDHAT Linux 5,Could you please let me know the proper plugin to support internect explorer 7 or 8.

I am new to work in Linux,please suggest process as well….Thanks.

Thanks,
Srinivas.
Reply
- Ravi Saive
  
  January 6, 2014 at 3:50 pm
  
  Please install wine application to install Windows software’s on Linux. User our search bar to search for Wine.
  Reply
kkk

December 29, 2013 at 4:54 am

hi iam using RHEL 6.0 and getting the fallowing error please let me know what to do ?

yum –enablerepo=remi install firefox
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
[root@ganesh Desktop]# yum –enablerepo=remi install firefox
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
[root@ganesh Desktop]# yum –enablerepo=remi install firefox
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package firefox.x86_64 0:26.0-2.el6.remi set to be updated
–> Processing Dependency: xulrunner-last(x86-64) >= 26.0-2 for package: firefox-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: system-bookmarks for package: firefox-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libxul.so(xul26)(64bit) for package: firefox-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libmozalloc.so()(64bit) for package: firefox-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Running transaction check
—> Package astronomy-bookmarks.noarch 0:1-6.el6 set to be updated
—> Package xulrunner-last.x86_64 0:26.0-2.el6.remi set to be updated
–> Processing Dependency: nss >= 3.15.3 for package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: nspr >= 4.10.2 for package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.0)(64bit) for package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libssl3.so(NSS_3.15)(64bit) for package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libssl3.so(NSS_3.14)(64bit) for package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libssl3.so(NSS_3.13.2)(64bit) for package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libssl3.so(NSS_3.13)(64bit) for package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libsmime3.so(NSS_3.15)(64bit) for package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libsmime3.so(NSS_3.13)(64bit) for package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libnssutil3.so(NSSUTIL_3.13)(64bit) for package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libnss3.so(NSS_3.13)(64bit) for package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libnss3.so(NSS_3.12.9)(64bit) for package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libjpeg.so.62(LIBJPEG_6.2)(64bit) for package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
Requires: libsmime3.so(NSS_3.15)(64bit)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
libsmime3.so(NSS_3.15)(64bit)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
Requires: libnss3.so(NSS_3.12.9)(64bit)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
libnss3.so(NSS_3.12.9)(64bit)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
Requires: libnssutil3.so(NSSUTIL_3.13)(64bit)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
libnssutil3.so(NSSUTIL_3.13)(64bit)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
Requires: libssl3.so(NSS_3.13)(64bit)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
libssl3.so(NSS_3.13)(64bit)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
Requires: libssl3.so(NSS_3.15)(64bit)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
libssl3.so(NSS_3.15)(64bit)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
Requires: nss >= 3.15.3
Installed: nss-3.12.7-2.el6.x86_64 (@anaconda-RedHatEnterpriseLinux-201009221801.x86_64/6.0)
nss = 3.12.7-2.el6
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
Requires: libsmime3.so(NSS_3.13)(64bit)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
libsmime3.so(NSS_3.13)(64bit)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
Requires: libssl3.so(NSS_3.14)(64bit)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
libssl3.so(NSS_3.14)(64bit)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
Requires: libnss3.so(NSS_3.13)(64bit)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
libnss3.so(NSS_3.13)(64bit)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
Requires: libjpeg.so.62(LIBJPEG_6.2)(64bit)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
Requires: nspr >= 4.10.2
Installed: nspr-4.8.6-1.el6.x86_64 (@anaconda-RedHatEnterpriseLinux-201009221801.x86_64/6.0)
nspr = 4.8.6-1.el6
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
Requires: libssl3.so(NSS_3.13.2)(64bit)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
libssl3.so(NSS_3.13.2)(64bit)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
Requires: libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.0)(64bit)
You could try using –skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: rpm -Va –nofiles –nodigest
Reply
manoj

December 26, 2013 at 1:51 pm

Following error

Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libssl3.so(NSS_3.13)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
libssl3.so(NSS_3.13)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libssl3.so(NSS_3.13.2)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
libssl3.so(NSS_3.13.2)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libsmime3.so(NSS_3.15)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
libsmime3.so(NSS_3.15)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libnss3.so(NSS_3.13)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
libnss3.so(NSS_3.13)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.0)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libsmime3.so(NSS_3.13)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
libsmime3.so(NSS_3.13)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: nspr >= 4.10.2
Installed: nspr-4.8.6-1.el6.i686 (@anaconda-RedHatEnterpriseLinux-201009221732.i386/6.0)
nspr = 4.8.6-1.el6
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libnss3.so(NSS_3.12.9)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
libnss3.so(NSS_3.12.9)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libjpeg.so.62(LIBJPEG_6.2)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libnssutil3.so(NSSUTIL_3.13)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
libnssutil3.so(NSSUTIL_3.13)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libssl3.so(NSS_3.15)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
libssl3.so(NSS_3.15)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: nss >= 3.15.3
Installed: nss-3.12.7-2.el6.i686 (@anaconda-RedHatEnterpriseLinux-201009221732.i386/6.0)
nss = 3.12.7-2.el6
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-26.0-2.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libssl3.so(NSS_3.14)
Available: xulrunner-last-26.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
libssl3.so(NSS_3.14)
You could try using –skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: rpm -Va –nofiles –nodigest
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- Ravi Saive
  
  December 26, 2013 at 3:57 pm
  
  Which OS version you using?
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Bob

October 29, 2013 at 10:00 am

Ravi,

After following your steps without error, my RHEL 6 system no shows FF 24 installed, but only version 22 will launch. Can you advise?

Thank you!
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Preeti

October 25, 2013 at 10:05 pm

I am also getting the same issue as David and above steps also not resolve the problem
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linuxnoob

October 21, 2013 at 1:21 am

wget ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/home:/codice:/mono-redhat/CentOS_CentOS-6/x86_64/zlib-1.2.5-codice.4.1.x86_64.rpm

yum localinstall zlib-1.2.5-codice.4.1.x86_64.rpm

wget ftp://ftp.muug.mb.ca/mirror/centos/6.4/os/x86_64/Packages/libjpeg-turbo-1.2.1-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

yum localinstall libjpeg-turbo-1.2.1-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

yum –enablerepo=remi update firefox

Try above steps. This will resolve the issue.
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- Preeti
  
  October 25, 2013 at 10:04 pm
  
  I am not able to get the problem resolved by above solution
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Ashish Singh

October 7, 2013 at 4:43 am

# yum –enablerepo=remi install firefox
Loaded plugins: aliases, changelog, downloadonly, kabi, presto, protect-packages, refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin, security, tmprepo,
: verify, versionlock
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Loading support for Red Hat kernel ABI
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package firefox.x86_64 0:24.0-1.el6.remi set to be updated
–> Processing Dependency: xulrunner-last(x86-64) >= 24.0-1 for package: firefox-24.0-1.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libxul.so(xul24.0)(64bit) for package: firefox-24.0-1.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libmozalloc.so()(64bit) for package: firefox-24.0-1.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Running transaction check
—> Package xulrunner-last.x86_64 0:24.0-1.el6.remi set to be updated
–> Processing Dependency: libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.0)(64bit) for package: xulrunner-last-24.0-1.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libjpeg.so.62(LIBJPEG_6.2)(64bit) for package: xulrunner-last-24.0-1.el6.remi.x86_64
–> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-24.0-1.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
Requires: libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.0)(64bit)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-24.0-1.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
Requires: libjpeg.so.62(LIBJPEG_6.2)(64bit)
You could try using –skip-broken to work around the problem
chrome-deps-1.03-1.x86_64 has missing requires of libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.2)(64bit)

help me out please ..
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- Ravi Saive
  
  October 8, 2013 at 12:10 am
  
  Have you tried the script to install Chrome? The above error indicates that your Zlib module is not supported.
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nikhil

October 1, 2013 at 12:34 pm

I solved the above problem. Now it showing this :

# yum –enablerepo=remi update firefoxLoaded plugins: product-id, refresh-packagekit, security, subscription-manager
Updating certificate-based repositories.
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package firefox.i686 0:3.6.24-3.el6_1 will be updated
—> Package firefox.i686 0:24.0-1.el6.remi will be an update
–> Processing Dependency: xulrunner-last(x86-32) >= 24.0-1 for package: firefox-24.0-1.el6.remi.i686
–> Processing Dependency: libxul.so(xul24.0) for package: firefox-24.0-1.el6.remi.i686
–> Processing Dependency: libmozalloc.so for package: firefox-24.0-1.el6.remi.i686
–> Running transaction check
—> Package xulrunner-last.i686 0:24.0-1.el6.remi will be installed
–> Processing Dependency: libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.0) for package: xulrunner-last-24.0-1.el6.remi.i686
–> Processing Dependency: libjpeg.so.62(LIBJPEG_6.2) for package: xulrunner-last-24.0-1.el6.remi.i686
–> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-24.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libjpeg.so.62(LIBJPEG_6.2)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-24.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.0)
You could try using –skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: rpm -Va –nofiles –nodigest

[root@nicks ~]# rpm -q –whatprovides ‘libjpeg.so.62(LIBJPEG_6.2)(64bit)’
no package provides libjpeg.so.62(LIBJPEG_6.2)(64bit)

[root@nicks ~]# rpm -q –whatprovides ‘libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.0)(64bit)’
no package provides libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.0)(64bit)
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nikhil

September 25, 2013 at 8:08 pm

I solved the above problem. Now it showing this :

# yum –enablerepo=remi update firefoxLoaded plugins: product-id, refresh-packagekit, security, subscription-manager
Updating certificate-based repositories.
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package firefox.i686 0:3.6.24-3.el6_1 will be updated
—> Package firefox.i686 0:24.0-1.el6.remi will be an update
–> Processing Dependency: xulrunner-last(x86-32) >= 24.0-1 for package: firefox-24.0-1.el6.remi.i686
–> Processing Dependency: libxul.so(xul24.0) for package: firefox-24.0-1.el6.remi.i686
–> Processing Dependency: libmozalloc.so for package: firefox-24.0-1.el6.remi.i686
–> Running transaction check
—> Package xulrunner-last.i686 0:24.0-1.el6.remi will be installed
–> Processing Dependency: libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.0) for package: xulrunner-last-24.0-1.el6.remi.i686
–> Processing Dependency: libjpeg.so.62(LIBJPEG_6.2) for package: xulrunner-last-24.0-1.el6.remi.i686
–> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-24.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libjpeg.so.62(LIBJPEG_6.2)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-24.0-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.0)
You could try using –skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: rpm -Va –nofiles –nodigest

[root@nicks ~]# rpm -q –whatprovides ‘libjpeg.so.62(LIBJPEG_6.2)(64bit)’
no package provides libjpeg.so.62(LIBJPEG_6.2)(64bit)

[root@nicks ~]# rpm -q –whatprovides ‘libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.0)(64bit)’
no package provides libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.0)(64bit)
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nikhil

September 25, 2013 at 4:22 pm

how to get out of this :

yum –enablerepo=remi install firefox
Loaded plugins: product-id, refresh-packagekit, security, subscription-manager
Updating certificate-based repositories.
Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running as pid 3273.
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit…
The other application is: yum
Memory : 17 M RSS ( 31 MB VSZ)
Started: Wed Sep 25 20:05:13 2013 – 10:45 ago
State : Traced/Stopped, pid: 3273
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit…
The other application is: yum
Memory : 17 M RSS ( 31 MB VSZ)
Started: Wed Sep 25 20:05:13 2013 – 10:47 ago
State : Traced/Stopped, pid: 3273

getting this multiple times
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- Ravi Saive
  
  September 26, 2013 at 1:24 pm
  
  It means YUM process already running, you need to kill the process before running yum command.
  Reply
chetan dhavale

September 20, 2013 at 6:12 pm

following error displaying
You could try using –skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: rpm -Va –nofiles –nodigest
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- Ravi Saive
  
  September 22, 2013 at 2:05 pm
  
  Please post whole output of the Yum command. So, we could get better idea about what went wrong.
  Reply
suvendu

September 12, 2013 at 1:26 am

sir I have faced some problems when I am trying to install Firefox 23..

xulrunner-last-23.0.1-1.el6.remi.x86_64 requires libjpeg.so.62(LIBJPEG_6.2)(64bit)
xulrunner-last-23.0.1-1.el6.remi.x86_64 requires libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.0)(64bit)

I am using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 64 bits

kernel version : 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64
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David

August 25, 2013 at 5:22 am

Ok, It looks like I am suppose to udate some other packages as well.

Error: Package: xulrunner-last-23.0.1-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libjpeg.so.62(LIBJPEG_6.2)
Error: Package: xulrunner-last-23.0.1-1.el6.remi.i686 (remi)
Requires: libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.0)
You could try using –skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: rpm -Va –nofiles –nodigest

So can I find these in the same repository
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- Ravi Saive
  
  August 25, 2013 at 10:07 am
  
  Which OS version you using? I think you must upgrade your OS to latest version.
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  - Clamarion
    
    September 9, 2013 at 9:46 pm
    
    Hi Ravi Saive,
    
    I am having exactly the same errors as David. I am using Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.3 64 bits (which is basically Centos 6.3). How do I solve this problem?
    
    *********************************************************************
    [root@ORACLE12C ~]# yum –enablerepo=remi update firefox
    Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, security
    Setting up Update Process
    Resolving Dependencies
    –> Running transaction check
    —> Package firefox.x86_64 0:10.0.5-1.0.1.el6_2 will be updated
    —> Package firefox.x86_64 0:23.0.1-1.el6.remi will be an update
    –> Processing Dependency: xulrunner-last(x86-64) >= 23.0.1-1 for package: firefox-23.0.1-1.el6.remi.x86_64
    –> Processing Dependency: libxul.so(xul23.0.1)(64bit) for package: firefox-23.0.1-1.el6.remi.x86_64
    –> Running transaction check
    —> Package xulrunner-last.x86_64 0:23.0.1-1.el6.remi will be installed
    –> Processing Dependency: libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.0)(64bit) for package: xulrunner-last-23.0.1-1.el6.remi.x86_64
    –> Processing Dependency: libjpeg.so.62(LIBJPEG_6.2)(64bit) for package: xulrunner-last-23.0.1-1.el6.remi.x86_64
    –> Finished Dependency Resolution
    Error: Package: xulrunner-last-23.0.1-1.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
    Requires: libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.0)(64bit)
    Error: Package: xulrunner-last-23.0.1-1.el6.remi.x86_64 (remi)
    Requires: libjpeg.so.62(LIBJPEG_6.2)(64bit)
    You could try using –skip-broken to work around the problem
    You could try running: rpm -Va –nofiles –nodigest
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    - Ravi Saive
      
      September 10, 2013 at 12:38 pm
      
      To solve this issue, upgrade to CentOS 6.4. Try these commands and check which version of Zlib you have.
      
      # rpm -q --whatprovides 'libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.0)(64bit)' # rpm -q --whatprovides 'libjpeg.so.62(LIBJPEG_6.2)(64bit)'
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      - Bhagath Singh
        
        December 14, 2014 at 7:29 pm
        
        I am un -able to install firefox on the centos 6.5 with below steps
        
        ======
        wget Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
        
        rpm -Uvh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
        
        yum install firefox
        ======
        
        Is there any easy way to install the firefox
        Thank You
      - Ravi Saive
        
        December 15, 2014 at 3:18 pm
        
        @Bhagath,
        What error you getting while installing using epel repo? else you can install firefox directly via source tarball..just download latest firefox versiona, untar and move to /usr/bin..that’s it..
Chandan

July 18, 2013 at 2:07 am

Not able to install in Fedora 16 box

rpm -Uvh rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
warning: rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID d2382b83: NOKEY
error: Failed dependencies:
rpmfusion-free-release >= 17.0.5 is needed by rpmfusion-nonfree-release-17.0.5-1.noarch
system-release >= 17 is needed by rpmfusion-nonfree-release-17.0.5-1.noarch
[root@chandank ~]# uname -a
Linux chandank.ma.net 3.6.11-4.fc16.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jan 8 20:57:42 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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- Ravi Saive
  
  July 18, 2013 at 6:50 pm
  
  Please install correct rpmfusion repository for your Fedora 16.
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Manu

October 11, 2012 at 7:43 pm

Actually 16 is not oficial anymore, they’ve just downgraded to 15.0.1 it because of security vulnerability.
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- NS
  
  October 12, 2012 at 2:42 pm
  
  Yes dat is correct.
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  - NS
    
    October 12, 2012 at 8:11 pm
    
    Firefox 16 re-released after fixing multiple vulnerabilities.
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Szekrényes József

September 24, 2012 at 11:18 am

The remi package is depending on the epel package, so the install order should be inversed.
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- Ravi Saive
  
  September 24, 2012 at 12:33 pm
  
  @Szekrényes József
  
  Corrected. thanks for pointing correct out.
  Reply