I use Fedora 9 where you can install Firefox 2 using yum but Firefox 3 can be installing using yum only for Fedora 10. But nothing stops me from installing Firefox 3 manually.
Download Firefox 3 from http://www.firefox.com.
$ mv firefox-3.0.5.tar.bz2 /usr/local/bin/
$ cd /usr/local/bin/
$ bzcat firefox-3.0.5.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
To run Firefox, type:
$ sh /usr/local/bin/firefox/firefox
To add this directory to the system path
$ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin/firefox
Now you can run Firefox by typing:
$ firefox
from any directory
To add firefox to the menu:
- System > Preferences > Look and Feel > Main Menu
- Choose a menu where you need to add Firefox
- Click on "New Item" and browse to /usr/local/bin/firefox/firefox