How To Install firefox on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install firefox on CentOS 7. firefox is Mozilla Firefox Web browser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install firefox on CentOS 7.

What is firefox

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability. Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability.

We can use yum or dnf to install firefox on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install firefox.

Install firefox on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install firefox using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install firefox

Install firefox on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install firefox using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install firefox

How To Uninstall firefox on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the firefox package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove firefox

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install firefox on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.