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Mozilla Firefox one of the leading and most popular open source web browser across the globe and has released back to back version of Firefox 11 and 10 earlier and made available for download for Windows, Mac and Linux users. Windows and Mac version comes in the form of installer format that makes very easy for them to install, but for Linux users it can be little bit tricky to install on Linux systems. This howto guide is specially for those Linux users who want to install Firefox 10/11 on RHEL 6.2/6.1/6/5.8, CentOS 6.2/6.1/6/5.8 and Fedora 16/15/14/13 using YUM utility and on Ubuntu 11.10/11.04/10.10/10.04 and Linux Mint 12 using PPA method.

What’s new in Firefox 11

1. Migrate your bookmarks, history, and cookies from Google Chrome
2. With Sync enabled, add-ons can now be synchronized across your computers
3. The CSS text-size-adjust property is now supported
4. Redesigned media controls for HTML5 video
5. The outerHTML property is now supported on HTML elements
6. View source syntax highlighting now uses the HTML5 parser
7. Various security fixes
8. Web developers can now visualize a web page in 3D using the Page Inspector 3D View

What’s new in Firefox 10

1. The forward button is now hidden until you navigate back
2. Most add-ons are now compatible with new versions of Firefox by default
3. The forward button is now hidden until you navigate back
4. Anti-Aliasing for WebGL is now implemented
5. CSS3 3D-Transforms are now supported
6. New bdi element for bi-directional text isolation, along with supporting CSS properties
7. Full Screen APIs allow you to build a web application that runs full screen
8. Added IndexedDB APIs to more closely match the specification
9. Inspect tool with content highlighting, includes new CSS Style Inspector
10. Many bug fixes

Read full details about release notes of Firefox 11 and Firefox 10.

Install Firefox 10/11 On Fedora

1. Install Remi Repository

Install Firefox 10/11 on Fedora 14/13 we need to install first REMI repository.

## Fedora 13 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-13.rpm

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## Remi Dependency on Fedora 14 ##
rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm 
rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm

## Fedora 14 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-14.rpm

Important : Fedora 16 and 15 doesn't required any additional repositories.

2. Check Available of Firefox 10/11 on Fedora

As I said above that Fedora 16 and 15 doesn't required any extra repository to install Firefox 10/11. So, let's check the availability of latest Firefox.

## Fedora 16 and 15 ##
yum --enablerepo=updates-testing list Firefox

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## Fedora 14 and 13 ##
yum --enablerepo=remi list firefox

3. Install or Update Firefox 10/11 on Fedora

To install or upgrade Firefox version just issue below commands as per your Linux OS version.

## Fedora 16 and 15 ##
yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update firefox
## OR ##
yum --enablerepo=updates-testing install firefox

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## Fedora 14 and 13 ##
yum --enablerepo=remi update firefox
## OR ##
yum --enablerepo=remi install firefox

4. Start Firefox 10/11

Run the following command in ther terminal to start the Firefox.

firefox

Install Firefox 10/11 On RHEL/CentOS

1. Install Remi Repository

We need to install REMI repository in order to install latest Firefox 10 on RHEL/CentOS 6.2/6.1/6/5.8.

## Remi Dependency on RHEL and CentOS 6 ##
rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm
 
## RHEL and CentOS 6 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm

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## RHEL and CentOS 5.8 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-5.rpm

2. Check Available of Firefox 10/11 on RHEL/CentOS

Run the command to check the availability of Firefox 10.

## RHEL and CentOS 6 ##
yum --enablerepo=remi list firefox

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## RHEL and CentOS 5.8 ##
yum list firefox

3. Install or Update Firefox 10/11 on RHEL/CentOS

Run following commands to install or update latest version of Firefox.

## RHEL and CentOS 6 ##
yum --enablerepo=remi update firefox
## OR ##
yum --enablerepo=remi install firefox

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## RHEL and CentOS 5.8 ##
yum update firefox
## OR ##
yum install firefox

4. Start Firefox 10/11 on RHEL/CentOS

Issue below command on the terminal to run Firefox 10/11.

firefox

Install Firefox 10/11 on Ubuntu

1. To install Firefox 10/11 on Ubuntu 11.10, 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04 run below commands.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-security/ppa

OR

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-next
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox

2. If in-case it is failed to install, then you must remove older version Firefox to install latest one. To remove older version issue below command and then follow above commands again.

sudo apt-get autoremove firefox

Install Firefox 10/11 on Linux Mint

1. To install Firefox on Linux Mint 12 issue below commands.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-security/ppa

OR

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-next
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox

2. Again if it is failed to install you must remove older version first to install latest one. To remove older version of Firefox issue below command and then follow steps again.

sudo apt-get autoremove firefox

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