[CentOS] install firefox last version under centos

Wed May 31 11:14:39 UTC 2006
William L. Maltby <BillsCentOS at triad.rr.com>

On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 08:32 +0100, Joseph Haig wrote:
> Josep M. wrote:
> 
> > Hello.
> >  
> > I would like ask about install last firefox version 1.5.0.3 under 
> > centos, what is thee better option, as rpm pachage I didn´t found nothing.
> 
> Enable the Centos Plus respository by editing the file 
> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo, so that the relevant section reads:
> 
> #additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages
> [centosplus]
> name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus
> baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/
> gpgcheck=1
> enabled=1
> gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4
> 
> The you should find that when you do a 'yum update', firefox will be 
> upgraded to 1.5.0.2.

And because we all know technology is perverse, vindictive, comedic and
unreliable, you should maintain complete control (IMO) by doing what so
many others have suggested (IIRC), similar to the below.

In CentOS-Base.repo, for [base] and [update] add lines similar to this

    excludepkgs = firefox

and in [centosplus] add a line like this

    includepkgs = firefox

This prevents any updates to the base release from wiping out the
version from plus.

GUI!? We don't need no stinkin' GUI!  ;-) If you step in GUI, it
probably *does* stink!

> <snip sig stuff>

-- 
Bill
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