Windows 2000, XP Windows NT Windows 98, ME
Mac OS X
Linux and Unix systemsOnce you have downloaded the Firefox file, double click the Firefox Disk Image to open it in Finder, and then drag the Firefox application onto your hard disk. Drag the icon to your Dock if you want it to appear there.
For Firefox 1.0, double click the Firefox 1.0.dmg.gz Disk Image to uncompress and mount it. Your browser may have already done this for you. Double click the Firefox Disk Image to open it in Finder and drag the Firefox application onto your hard disk. Do not double click the icon in the disk image! Be sure to drag the Firefox application out of the disk image and onto your Hard Disk before running it. Drag the icon to your Dock if you want it to appear there.
Extract the tarball and run the installer like so:
tar -xzvf firefox-1.0.6.installer.tar.gz
cd firefox-installer
./firefox-installer
If you have Nautilus set up to run Executable Text Files you can just double click firefox-installer to run.
Extract the compressed archive and run firefox
To uninstall Firefox, follow these instructions
From the Start menu, choose Control Panel. When the Control Panel appears, double click Add/Remove Programs.Find "Mozilla Firefox (1.0.6)" in the list and click Remove to uninstall.
Drag the Firefox application to the Trash.
Remove the firefox folder.
These instructions leave your profile in place in case you install Firefox again in the future. If you wish to remove your profile folder, remove the location described below in the "Profile Folder" section. Note that by doing this you are destroying all of your Bookmarks, saved passwords, settings and other information and should you decide to use Firefox again you will be starting with a clean profile.
Firefox stores your user data in one of the following locations:
| Windows 2000, XP |
Documents and Settings\<UserName>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox |
| Windows NT |
WINNT\Profiles\<UserName>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox |
| Windows 98, ME |
Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox |
| Mac OS X |
~/Library/Application Support/Firefox |
| Linux and Unix systems |
~/.mozilla/firefox |
If you were using Firefox 0.8 as your default browser prior to upgrading to Firefox 1.0 or later version, data from your profile will be copied into the new location. You can remove the old "Phoenix" folder at your leisure.