Software update apparently replaced Firefox 3.6.4 with 3.5.9

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Today the first automatic software update was launched on my newly installed openSUSE 11.2 - and apparently it replaced Firefox 3.6.4 with 3.5.9.

I tried to find out how to install 3.6.4 using YaST2, but adding the following repository didn’t help me any further:

Index of /repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.2

What do I need to do to have YaST2 install the latest firefox version?

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I found out how to reinstall 3.6, but why the heck does the updater replace newer software versions with older ones?

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Maybe because which repos you have active. Or sometimes with “newest” the naming convention can cause the installer confusion.

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I think you need to change the vendor of the packages in question.

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Reading that you had the current version 3.6.4 before you added the Mozilla-repository I suppose you used a Firefox-package from the Mozilla site and installed it without zypper / YaST knowing it. If that is true, you have two Firefoxes installed, one systemwide and one in your /home.

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This also happened to me. I run online update. Then i noticed the firefox version changed to 3.5.9. karx11erx’s how did manage to install 3.6 again?
karx11erx

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Use the switcher, like in this example:
(This is showing a kde switch, just do the same with mozilla)
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You need the QT UI to do this
Switch Yast Interface to QT

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i manage to install it. thanks!

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Great. Well done.
It’s always handy you tell us it worked because you followed some advice and what that advice was…