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Fedora 6 comes with Firefox version 1.5. You can use the yum command to upgrade to the latest version of Firefox. Here is the command that you must issue as root:

yum -t --enablerepo=development update firefox

You can add the -y option to answer yes to all choices.

Here are the details of what you’ll see on the command line.

[root@localhost ~]# yum -t --enablerepo=development update firefox
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
development               100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 2.6 MB    00:08
################################################## 7328/7328
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for firefox to pack into transaction set.
firefox-2.0.0.3-4.fc7.i38 100% |=========================| 104 kB    00:00
---> Package firefox.i386 0:2.0.0.3-4.fc7 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: system-bookmarks for package: firefox
--> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.0.10 for package: devhelp
--> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.0.10 for package: yelp
--> Processing Dependency: firefox = 1.5.0.10-6.fc6 for package: firefox-devel
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for devhelp to pack into transaction set.
devhelp-0.13-5.fc7.i386.r 100% |=========================|  20 kB    00:00
---> Package devhelp.i386 0:0.13-5.fc7 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for firefox-devel to pack into transaction set.
firefox-devel-2.0.0.3-4.f 100% |=========================| 431 kB    00:01
---> Package firefox-devel.i386 0:2.0.0.3-4.fc7 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for yelp to pack into transaction set.
yelp-2.18.1-2.fc7.i386.rp 100% |=========================|  29 kB    00:00
---> Package yelp.i386 0:2.18.1-2.fc7 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for fedora-bookmarks to pack into transaction set.
fedora-bookmarks-7-1.noar 100% |=========================| 2.0 kB    00:00
---> Package fedora-bookmarks.noarch 0:7-1 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Updating:
 firefox                 i386       2.0.0.3-4.fc7    development        21 M
Installing for dependencies:
 fedora-bookmarks        noarch     7-1              development        11 k
Updating for dependencies:
 devhelp                 i386       0.13-5.fc7       development       187 k
 firefox-devel           i386       2.0.0.3-4.fc7    development       3.6 M
 yelp                    i386       2.18.1-2.fc7     development       682 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      1 Package(s)
Update       4 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 25 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/5): devhelp-0.13-5.fc7 100% |=========================| 187 kB    00:01
(2/5): firefox-2.0.0.3-4. 100% |=========================|  21 MB    01:17
(3/5): firefox-devel-2.0. 100% |=========================| 3.6 MB    00:15
(4/5): yelp-2.18.1-2.fc7. 100% |=========================| 682 kB    00:03
(5/5): fedora-bookmarks-7 100% |=========================|  11 kB    00:00
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing: fedora-bookmarks             ######################### [1/9]
  Updating  : firefox                      ######################### [2/9]
  Updating  : devhelp                      ######################### [3/9]
  Updating  : firefox-devel                ######################### [4/9]
  Updating  : yelp                         ######################### [5/9]
  Cleanup   : devhelp                      ######################### [6/9]
  Cleanup   : firefox                      ######################### [7/9]
  Cleanup   : firefox-devel                ######################### [8/9]
  Cleanup   : yelp                         ######################### [9/9]

Dependency Installed: fedora-bookmarks.noarch 0:7-1
Updated: firefox.i386 0:2.0.0.3-4.fc7
Dependency Updated: devhelp.i386 0:0.13-5.fc7 firefox-devel.i386 0:2.0.0.3-4.fc7 yelp.i386 0:2.18.1-2.fc7
Complete!
[1]+  Done                    firefox
[root@localhost ~]#

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