How To install Mozila Firefox in Linux

Getting Firefox installed on your computer is your first step to using it. This article will show you how to install Firefox on Linux.
Many Linux distributions include Firefox by default, and most have a package management system that lets you easily install Firefox. Generally, you should install from package management. Package management will:

• Ensure that you have all the required libraries
• Install Firefox in a way that works best with your distribution
• Create shortcuts to launch Firefox
• Make Firefox available to all users of your computer
• Make removing Firefox work the same as removing any other application

Package management also has some downsides:

• It may not give you the latest version of Firefox
• It may give you a version without Firefox branding

Installing from a package manager

To install Firefox using the package manager, please refer to the documentation of the Linux distribution you're using.

Installing outside of a package manager

Complete instructions for installing Firefox outside of package management may be available at your distribution's support website. For example:

• Installing Firefox on Ubuntu
• Installing Firefox on OpenSuse

• Before you install Firefox, make sure that your computer has the required libraries installed. Missing libraries will cause Firefox to be inoperable.
• The installation file provided by Mozilla in .tar.bz2 format does not contain sources but pre-compiled binary files, therefore you can simply unpack and run them. There is no need to compile the program from source.
• The following instructions will install Firefox into your home directory, and only the current user will be able to run it.

1. Download Firefox from the Firefox download page to your home directory.
2. Open a Terminal and go to your home directory: cd ~
3. Extract the contents of the downloaded file: tar xjf firefox-*.tar.bz2
4. Close Firefox if it's open.
5. To start Firefox, run the firefox script in the firefox folder: ~/firefox/firefox

Firefox should now start. You can then create an icon on your desktop to run this command.

How to Install Mozilla Firefox on Mac

Installing Firefox on Mac

1. Visit http://mozilla.org/firefox in any browser (for example, Apple Safari). It will automatically detect the platform and language on your computer and recommend the best edition(s) of Firefox for you.
2. Click the green download button to download Firefox.

   

   
   

3. Once the download has completed, the file (Firefox.dmg) should open by itself and pop open a Finder window containing the Firefox application. Drag the Firefox Icon on top of the Applications folder in order to copy it there.

   

   Note: If you do not see this window, click the Firefox.dmg file that you downloaded to open it.

   
   

   

4. After dragging Firefox to the Applications folder, hold down the control key while clicking in the window and select Eject "Firefox" from the menu.

    

5. You can add Firefox to your dock for easy access. Just open your Applications folder and drag Firefox to the dock.

    

   Firefox is now ready for use. Just click on it's icon in the dock to start it.

Starting Firefox for the first time

When you first start up Firefox, you will be warned that you downloaded Firefox from the internet. Because you download Firefox from the official site, you can click Open.

 
Also, Firefox will not be your default browser and you'll be told about that. That means that when you open a link in your mail application, an Internet shortcut, or HTML document, it will not open in Firefox. If you want Firefox to do those things, click Yes to set it as your default browser. If not or you are just trying out Firefox, click No.

How do I manually check for Mozilla Firefox updates?

At any time, you can check for updates.

1. At the top of the Firefox window click the Help menu and select Check for Updates....On the menu bar click the Help menu and select Check for Updates.... The Software Update window will open.
    
   
   
   • If Check for Updates... is grayed out, see Check for Updates is disabled.
2. If major updates are available, click Get the New Version to begin the update process.
   
    
   • If no updates are available, click FinishDone to close the window.
3. When the updates are ready to install, you must restart Firefox. To restart and install the updates, click Restart Firefox.
   
    

How do I configure update optionspreferences?

You can configure Firefox to automatically check for updates or to disable automatic updating.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Firefox button (Tools menu in Windows XP) and then click OptionsOn the menu bar, click on the Firefox menu and select Preferences...At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Edit menu and select PreferencesAt the top of the Firefox window, click on the Tools menu and select Options...On the menu bar, click on the Firefox menu and select Preferences...At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Edit menu and select Preferences...
2. Click the Advanced panel.
3. Click the Update tab. The auto-update optionspreferences are displayed.
   
   

    

   
   

4. Update optionspreferences:
   • Automatically check for updates to: Select the things you want Firefox to check. It can check for updates to the Firefox application, any installed add-ons (except for plugins — use the plugin check page to update them) and search engines.
     • To disable automatic checking for updates, deselect all three optionspreferences.
       If you deselect the Firefox optionpreference, you will not receive critical security updates that may keep you safe online unless you frequently do a manual check for updates.
   • When updates to Firefox are found: Choose how you want Firefox to manage any found updates.
     • Ask me what I want to do: Firefox lets you choose if you want to download and install updates. If you do not choose to do so, you can download them at a later time.
     • Automatically download and install the update: Firefox automatically downloads and installs found updates. If you wish to be prompted if the downloads will disable any installed add-ons, select that setting.
   • To review the history of updates that have been downloaded and installed, click Show Update History.
5. Click OK to close the Options window

How to Install Mozilla Firefox on Windows

Before installing Firefox:

• Make sure that your computer meets the System Requirements.
• Do not install Firefox using a limited Windows XP account. For more, see Types of user accounts at microsoft.com.
• Visit the Firefox download page in any browser (e.g. Microsoft Internet Explorer). The page will automatically recommend the best version(s) of Firefox for you.
  
  
   
• Click on the green download link to download the Firefox installer. Depending on your connection speed, the download may take up to a few minutes. Thanks for your patience… it’ll be worth the wait!
• Start the process by clicking Run.
  
   
• Then, just follow the steps (we’ve made the process as painless as possible).
  
  
  Congratulations, you are done installing Firefox!
• Double-click on the Firefox icon whenever you want to go online.
  
  

How To Install VLC in Linux (BeOS,Debian,Mandrake,Linux (EL5),RedHat,Ubuntu)

1. Download the Zip file from the VLC BeOS download page.
2. Unzip the file in a directory to install VLC. 

 

Debian stable (lenny)

Add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian stable main
deb-src http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian stable main

Then, for a normal install, write the following commands in Terminal:

# apt-get update
# apt-get install vlc libdvdcss2

Debian testing (squeeze)

You should not be using Debian testing unless you perfectly know what you are doing. It is almost impossible to support Debian testing and there are no plans to do it.
For more information on Debian testing, please look at the Testing Page.

Debian unstable (sid)

Add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian
sid main deb-src http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sid main

Then, for a normal install, write the following commands in Terminal:

 # apt-get update # apt-get install vlc libdvdcss2

 

There are VLC packages for Mandrake 9.1 and Cooker.
To install them, add the following sources for either Mandrake 9.1 or Cooker (you can use Easy urpmi for that): contrib from the core distribution and plf (Penguin Liberation Front) from the external add-ons.
Then install the required packages with urpmi:

# urpmi libdvdcss2 libdvdplay0 wxvlc vlc-plugin-a52 vlc-plugin-ogg vlc-plugin-mad

 

1. Download and install the latest rpmforge-release rpm (eg rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm)
2. Either;

# yum install vlc 

or (if you have epel-release installed);

# yum --disablerepo='epel' install vlc 

 

Download the RPM package vlc and the packages listed in the required libraries and codecs section (the other packages are optional) from the VLC Red Hat download page and put them all into the same directory.
Then install the RPM packages you have downloaded:

# rpm -U *.rpm

If you have not installed all the RPM packages included with your distribution, you may be asked to install a few of them first.

  

Go to Applications -> Sound &Video then in search VLC Player. 

After it will come click on it and it will automatically install

You need to check that a universe mirror is listed in your /etc/apt/sources.list file.

   % sudo apt-get update
  % sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-pulse mozilla-plugin-vlc

How To Installing VLC for MAC

1. Download the Mac OS X package from the VLC MacOS X download page.
2. Double-click on the icon of the package: an icon will appear on your Desktop, right beside your drives.
3. Open it and drag the VLC application from the resulting window to the place where you want to install it (it should be /Applications). 

How To Installing VLC for Windows

 VLC media player is compatible and works under Windows Operating Systems 2000/XP/Vista/7.

1. Download the self-extracting package (or the 7-zip/zip package, which requires an extraction first) from the VLC Windows download page.
2. Launch the .exe to install VLC.
3. Follow the steps in the installer. 
   
   
   - You read the terms of service and click "Next >" 
    
   -You choose the components you wish to install and click "Next >" .  
    
   -You choose the installation folder with "Browse..." and when you are ready you click "Install".  
    
   Unattended/silent installation: Use "filename" /L="languagecode" /S. Example for english installation: vlc-1.1.0-win32.exe /L=1033 /S