On Friday 23 March 2007, Kevin Kofler wrote: >Gene Heskett <gene.heskett <at> verizon.net> writes: >> So how does one go about installing it on an FC6 box? > >You install the RPM from Rémi Collet's repository: >http://remi.collet.free.fr >http://remi.collet.free.fr/index.php?2007/03/20/324-firefox-2003-1 Unforch, while smart is recommended, and works well 95% of the time, one thing it doesn't seem to be attracting is "aftermarket" support. So there isn't a functioning repo for it to use with remi or livna. >Make sure you also install the rebuilt versions of packages linked > against Firefox (at least those you already have installed), there is a > list in the blog post. Otherwise you'll get broken dependencies. Though > the easiest way to get them is to just enable Rémi's repository > altogether and yum upgrade or apt-get dist-upgrade. To enable the > repository in apt-rpm, just add this to /etc/apt/sources.list (or to a > file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/): repomd > http://remi.collet.free.fr/rpms fc6.i386 >(or .x86_64 for 64-bit, of course). For yum, get his remi-release RPM > and enable the repository in /etc/yum.repos.d/remi.repo. I tried that a couple of weeks ago with yumex, and got into dependency hell. It wanted to rip out almost half a gig of other packages. No thanks. > Kevin Kofler -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The shortest distance between two points is under construction. -- Noelie Alito
