Mozilla Firefox 21 is released and this is guide, howto install Firefox 23 on Fedora 19/18/17/16/15/14, CentOS 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6 using YUM. Firefox 17 ESR (Extended Support Release) is currently available on CentOS 6.4/5.9 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.4/5.9 own repos, so with this guide you can also install Firefox 17 ESR on CentOS 5.9 and Red Hat (RHEL) 5.9.
What’s new in Firefox 23
- Mixed content blocking enabled to protects users from man-in-the-middle attacks and eavesdroppers on HTTPS pages
- Options panel created for Web Developer Toolbox
- Updated Firefox Logo
- Users can now switch to a new search provider across the entire browser
- Social share functionality
- New feature in toolbox: Network Monitor
- Security fixes
What’s new in Firefox 17 (ESR)
- First revision of the Social API and support for Facebook Messenger
- Updated Awesome Bar experience with larger icons
- JavaScript Maps and Sets are now iterable
- Improvements that make the Web Console, Debugger and Developer Toolbar faster and easier to use
- New Markup panel in the Page Inspector allows easy editing of the DOM
- Sandbox attribute for iframes implemented, enabling increased security
- Over twenty performance improvements, including fixes around the New Tab page
- Security fixes
Read full details from Firefox 23 release notes and Firefox 17 release notes.
Install Mozilla Firefox 23/17 on Fedora 19/18/17/16/15/14, CentOS 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.9 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.9
1. Backup your current Firefox 3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22 profiles (just in case)
2. Change root user
3. Install Remi repository
Note: Currently not needed on Fedora 19/18, CentOS 5.9 and Red Hat (RHEL) 5.9.
Fedora 17/16/15/14
CentOS 6 / Red Hat (RHEL) 6
4. Check Available Firefox versions
Fedora 19/18
Fedora 17/16/15/14, CentOS 6.4 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.4
CentOS 5.9 and Red Hat (RHEL) 5.9
Note: Firefox 17 ESR available.
5. Update or Install Mozilla Firefox 23/17
Fedora 19/18
Fedora 17/16/15/14, CentOS 6.4 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.4
CentOS 5.9 and Red Hat (RHEL) 5.9
Note: Firefox 17 ESR available.
6. Start Firefox 23/17
Then start Firefox with using command:
Or use Firefox (23/17) launcher.