Can Firefox be updated without affecting the rest of my system?

[Eric Shubert]

Josef Lowder wrote:
> Is it possible to upgrade Firefox without causing any effect on my
> operating system?
> And if the upgrade does not work, could I restore the old Firefox version?
> 
> For reasons to long to explain, I cannot risk upgrading my Linux
> operating system.
> 
> Linux localhost 2.6.12-12mdk #1 Tue Sep 13 10:46:25 CEST 2005 i686 AMD
> Athlon(TM) XP 2600+ unknown GNU/Linux
> 
> Firefox help shows 1.0.6 and this:
> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050921
> Firefox/1.0.7 Mandriva/1.0.6-15mdk
> 
> I just don't understand how separate Firefox is from the rest of the
> operating system
> and how risky it might be to try updating Firefox.  Could that be done
> with zero risk
> to any disruption of my operating system?

There's always a risk. Murphy demands it. ;)

I think I'd try a Mandriva list and see if someone there is running a 
newer Firefox with your OS version.

At some point, it'll behoove you to figure out how to upgrade your OS 
though.

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'