Installing Firefox 24.0

1.   Obtain the latest firefox version from https://www.mozilla.org

2.   Click ' Firefox Free Download '
3.   Installed 'firefox-24.0.tar.bz2 ' at  # \tmp folder as shown below

4.   Then click ' Save ' and the file ' firefox-24.0.tar.bz2 ' will be downloaded
      and this can be seen at the bottom left hand corner as shown below.

      

5.   Open up a root terminal window and change directory to /tmp and install
       the software as shown below by invoking the command
       # tar xvjf firefox-24.0.tar.bz2

6.   After that a ' firefox '  folder or directory is created inside the \tmp as
      shown below. Then change directory to the firefox folder  #  cd \firefox
      and install the firefox software by invoking the command  # ./firefox as
      shown below

total 28M
drwxrwxrwt  8 root    root    280 Oct 31 11:22 .
drwxr-xr-x 18 root    root      0 Oct 31 08:22 ..
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  80 Oct 31 09:23 .com.google.Chrome.2d43a0
drwxr-xr-x  8 root    root    880 Sep 10 22:08 firefox
-rwxrwxrwx  1 knoppix knoppix 28M Oct 26 14:33 firefox-24.0.tar.bz2
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  60 Oct 31 09:20 libgksu-71aYKU
srwxr-xr-x  1 root    root      0 Oct 31 09:20 .lxterminal-socket:0-root
srwxr-xr-x  1 knoppix knoppix   0 Oct 31 08:23 .menu-cached-:0-knoppix
srwxr-xr-x  1 knoppix knoppix   0 Oct 31 08:23 .pcmanfm-socket--0-knoppix
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  40 Oct 31 09:23 pulse-PKdhtXMmr18n
-rw-------  1 knoppix knoppix 171 Oct 31 08:23 serverauth.G2opkebv1G
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  60 Oct 31 08:23 ssh-TYo5gipDkQAC
-r--r--r--  1 root    root     11 Oct 31 08:23 .X0-lock
drwxrwxrwt  2 root    root     60 Oct 31 08:23 .X11-unix
root@Microknoppix:/tmp#
root@Microknoppix:/tmp#
root@Microknoppix:/tmp#
root@Microknoppix:/tmp#
root@Microknoppix:/tmp# ls -alh
total 28M
drwxrwxrwt  8 root    root    280 Oct 31 11:22 .
drwxr-xr-x 18 root    root      0 Oct 31 08:22 ..
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  80 Oct 31 09:23 .com.google.Chrome.2d43a0
drwxr-xr-x  8 root    root    880 Sep 10 22:08 firefox
-rwxrwxrwx  1 knoppix knoppix 28M Oct 26 14:33 firefox-24.0.tar.bz2
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  60 Oct 31 09:20 libgksu-71aYKU
srwxr-xr-x  1 root    root      0 Oct 31 09:20 .lxterminal-socket:0-root
srwxr-xr-x  1 knoppix knoppix   0 Oct 31 08:23 .menu-cached-:0-knoppix
srwxr-xr-x  1 knoppix knoppix   0 Oct 31 08:23 .pcmanfm-socket--0-knoppix
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  40 Oct 31 09:23 pulse-PKdhtXMmr18n
-rw-------  1 knoppix knoppix 171 Oct 31 08:23 serverauth.G2opkebv1G
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  60 Oct 31 08:23 ssh-TYo5gipDkQAC
-r--r--r--  1 root    root     11 Oct 31 08:23 .X0-lock
drwxrwxrwt  2 root    root     60 Oct 31 08:23 .X11-unix
root@Microknoppix:/tmp# cd \firefox
root@Microknoppix:/tmp/firefox#
root@Microknoppix:/tmp/firefox# ls -alh
total 52M
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root  880 Sep 10 22:08 .
drwxrwxrwt 8 root root  280 Oct 31 11:22 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  610 Sep 10 20:48 application.ini
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root  220 Sep 10 22:08 browser
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   40 Sep 10 22:07 chrome.manifest
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  100 Sep 10 22:08 components
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 121K Sep 10 22:08 crashreporter
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.0K Sep 10 19:15 crashreporter.ini
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root   60 Sep 10 22:08 defaults
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  127 Sep 10 21:53 dependentlibs.list
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   80 Sep 10 22:07 dictionaries
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 131K Sep 10 22:08 firefox
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 131K Sep 10 22:08 firefox-bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   60 Sep 10 22:08 icons
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  899 Sep 10 22:08 libfreebl3.chk
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 408K Sep 10 22:08 libfreebl3.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7.3K Sep 10 22:07 libmozalloc.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 719K Sep 10 22:08 libmozsqlite3.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 226K Sep 10 22:07 libnspr4.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 988K Sep 10 22:08 libnss3.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 432K Sep 10 22:08 libnssckbi.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  899 Sep 10 22:08 libnssdbm3.chk
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 141K Sep 10 22:08 libnssdbm3.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 126K Sep 10 22:08 libnssutil3.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  16K Sep 10 22:07 libplc4.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  14K Sep 10 22:07 libplds4.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 141K Sep 10 22:08 libsmime3.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  899 Sep 10 22:08 libsoftokn3.chk
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 221K Sep 10 22:08 libsoftokn3.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 198K Sep 10 22:08 libssl3.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  41M Sep 10 22:08 libxul.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 121K Sep 10 22:08 mozilla-xremote-client
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.9M Sep 10 22:07 omni.ja
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  135 Sep 10 21:52 platform.ini
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 112K Sep 10 22:08 plugin-container
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.3K Sep 10 22:08 precomplete
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  36K Sep 10 22:08 removed-files
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8.8K Sep 10 19:14 run-mozilla.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  825 Sep 10 19:15 Throbber-small.gif
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 163K Sep 10 22:08 updater
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  681 Sep 10 21:55 updater.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  132 Sep 10 20:48 update-settings.ini
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   80 Sep 10 22:08 webapprt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 163K Sep 10 22:08 webapprt-stub
root@Microknoppix:/tmp/firefox#
root@Microknoppix:/tmp/firefox#  ./firefox

7.   Then we should be able to get the firefox software for Linux OS up and running.