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Installing Firefox 3.0.5 on Oracle Linux 4.5.x

KarlB2Jan 2 2009 — edited Feb 6 2009
Dear Wizards

I am just finding my way around Linux and am trying to install/upgrade Firefox 3.0.5 on Oracle Linux 4.5.x using the following command (firefox 1.5 is currently installed):

#yum install MozillaFirefox-3.0.5-2.2.i586.rpm

which generates the following errors:

Error: Missing Dependency: libxul.so is needed by package MozillaFirefox
Error: Missing Dependency: MozillaFirefox-branding >= 3.0 is needed by package
MozillaFirefox
Error: Missing Dependency: mozilla-xulrunner190-32bit >= 1.9.0.5-2.2 is needed
by package MozillaFirefox
Error: Missing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by package
MozillaFirefox
Error: Missing Dependency: gconf2 is needed by package MozillaFirefox
Error: Missing Dependency: mozilla-xulrunner190 >= 1.9.0.5-2.2 is needed by
package MozillaFirefox
Error: Missing Dependency: libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 is needed by package
MozillaFirefox

I started looking around for these files, but ran into dependancy hell, with the dependancies having dependancies.

1) Is there an easy way to have firefox 3.0.5 installed with either yum/rpm/up2date that
will automatically pull down and install these dependancies?

2) If not what is the easiest way to download and install these dependancies, prior to installing firefox 3.0.5?

Thanks
Karl
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