Information about the package, firefox, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The firefox package is designed for, Mozilla Firefox Web browser.
Package Name:
firefox
Summary:
Mozilla Firefox Web browser
Description:
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
52.8.0
Release:
1.el6.centos
Size:
79 M
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
MPLv1.1 or GPLv2+ or LGPLv2+
Control the firefox package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install firefox
This command will install firefox on the server.
yum remove firefox
This command will un-install firefox on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove firefox, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove firefox
This command will un-install firefox on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove firefox when using the -y flag.
yum update firefox
This command will update firefox to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove firefox, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update firefox
This command will update firefox to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove firefox when using the -y flag.
yum info firefox
This command will show you core information about the firefox package.
yum deplist firefox
This command will show you the dependencies for firefox. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update firefox
This command will check if there is an update waiting on firefox. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.