I am running Mandriva Linux x64 2011.0 with an LXDE desktop. I run Firefox from an icon on the desktop that points to /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox. Even though technically Mandriva uses RPMs, I prefer to update manually. This is the procedure I use:
- Firstly go here for the latest releases: http://download.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/
- Go to the folder for the next stable release. For example at the time of writing that is 41.0.1.
- Locate the linux-x86_64 folder
- Locate the en-GB folder
- Download firefox-41.0.1.tar.bz2 to a convenient folder (I use ~/Downloads)
- Extract the archive to /Downloads/firefox
- Open root terminal and run command “nautilus” to get a gui
- Go to /usr/lib64 and rename folder /firefox to previous version (e.g. /firefox 39.0)
- Copy /Downloads/firefox to /usr/lib64
- Firefox icon on desktop will now start v 41.0.1
Flash Plugin
Note: Firefox uses the symlink “libflashplayer.so” within
/usr/lib64/Mozilla/plugins. This points to the folder /usr/lib64/flash-plugin. This is the one you want to update. Do not copy to the Mozilla folder!
- Go to http://flashbuilder.eu/flash-player-version.html to check your current version
- Go to https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer
- Go to “Your System: Linux 64-bit, English, Firefox”
- From “select version to download…” drop-down box select “.tar.gz for other Linux”
- Click “Download Now”
- Save “install_Flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz” to convenient directory (e.g. ~/Downloads), overwriting any copies of the file from previous downloads
- Extract “libflashplayer.so” from this archive to ~/Downloads
- Close firefox
- Open root terminal and run command “nautilus” to get a gui
- Go to /usr/lib64/flash-plugin
- Copy libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib64/flash-plugin, overwriting previous version (or rename previous version if you want a backup)
- Open firefox and go to http://flashbuilder.eu/flash-player-version.html to check latest version now installed
