Going back to Firefox 2

[Sergio1704]

If you have problems with Firefox 3, as it was my case, and you want to go back to Firefox 2.

Download firefox2-2.0.0.14-3.2.i586.rpm from here:

RPM Search firefox2-2.0.0.14-3.2.i586.rpm

Now download firefox2-translations-2.0.0.14-3.2.i586.rpm from here:

RPM Search firefox2-translations-2.0.0.14-3.2.i586.rpm
Open a terminal: # zypper remove firefox

Put the 2 rpms you downloaded in a new folder, imagine you name it "firefox"

Open a terminal:
# cd firefox
# rpm -Uvh *rpm

Done!

Please notice that # means that you need to work as root.

[ken_yap]

.14 is two minor releases out of date, .16 came out yesterday.

You can use the generic tarball if you can't find a RPM. Get it from mozilla.com, though you may have to search for older releases.

cd /opt
tar zxvf firefox-2.0.0.16.tar.gz

The binary to invoke is then /opt/firefox/firefox.

[Sergio1704]

Thanks! I found the latest RPMs:

ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repo...SUSE_11.0/i586

ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repo...SE_11.0/x86_64

[Heeter]

Great, Thanks

Heeter

[Sergio1704]

Originally Posted by Heeter

Great, Thanks

Heeter

I am glad it helped somebody

[mgosdin]

Helps here too!

Thanks,

Mark Gosdin