Thursday, November 22, 2012

How-to Install Firefox Beta 21 x86_64 Browser on CentOS 6 Gnome 64bit Linux Easy Visual-Guide

The Guide Show How-to Install Firefox 21 Beta Browser 64bit for Linux CentOS 6 Gnome x86_64 Desktop.

 

The Firefox Beta Version Coexist Perfectly with the Eventual Others Firefox Installations without Making Any Troubles, this Meaning that an Unique Firefox Base Environment will be Shared between All the Firefox Versions on the System.

 

To Make Easier the Visualization of the Entire Process I have Inserted the Essentials Screenshots of the Installation.

 

Inside the Instructions you will Find also a Link to How-to Create a Launcher for Firefox Browser on CentOS 6 Gnome Desktop.

Firefox & CentOS
  1. Download Firefox Beta:

    Firefox 21 x86_64 tar.bz2
  2. Double-Click on Archive and Extract Into /tmp
    Install Firefox on Centos 6 Extract
  3. Open Terminal Window
    Linux CentOS 6 Gnome Open Terminal
  4. Relocate Firefox Beta

    Login as SuperUser

    su

    Make a Firefox Directory

    mkdir /opt/firefox
    Move Firefox Into firefox-Beta so to Prepare for a Possible Firefox Multi-Version Coexistence
    mv /tmp/firefox /opt/firefox/firefox-beta

    Make a Symlink for Easy-Starting

    ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox-beta/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox-beta
    Next you Can Start Firefox from Terminal with
    firefox-beta
  5. Create Application Launcher for Quick-Starting:

    Guide to Create CentOS Launcher
  6. How-to Install Evernote Clone on Linux CentOS:

    Installing Evernote for CentOS
About Firefox Beta