Description of problem: Last update had a problem with yelp: Ref: Bug 350811 Latest update worked, and Firefox shows 2.0.0.8 when run as root but 2.0.0.5 when run as a user. I decided to uninstall and reinstall and get the following: [Philip@fc7 ~]$ sudo rpm -e firefox error: Failed dependencies: libgtkembedmoz.so is needed by (installed) devhelp-0.13-10.fc7.i386 libgtkembedmoz.so is needed by (installed) yelp-2.18.1-6.fc7.i386 libgtkembedmoz.so is needed by (installed) firefox-devel-2.0.0.8-1.fc7.i386 libmozjs.so is needed by (installed) firefox-devel-2.0.0.8-1.fc7.i386 libxpcom.so is needed by (installed) devhelp-0.13-10.fc7.i386 libxpcom.so is needed by (installed) yelp-2.18.1-6.fc7.i386 libxpcom.so is needed by (installed) firefox-devel-2.0.0.8-1.fc7.i386 libxpcom_core.so is needed by (installed) yelp-2.18.1-6.fc7.i386 libxpcom_core.so is needed by (installed) firefox-devel-2.0.0.8-1.fc7.i386 gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 is needed by (installed) devhelp-0.13-10.fc7.i386 gecko-libs = 1.8.1.8 is needed by (installed) yelp-2.18.1-6.fc7.i386 firefox = 2.0.0.8-1.fc7 is needed by (installed) firefox-devel-2.0.0.8-1.fc7.i386 [Philip@fc7 ~]$ Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
And? What's the problem? You can rpm -e package which is required by some other packages -- looks like correct decision by rpm.
sorry, it should be "You cannot", obviously.
Peter: Most likely you have another version of firefox in your user PATH. Didn't you unpack the tarball mozilla.org into your home directory? Please look into your home for firefox directory and eventually erase it. Issuing the following command might help you where the firefox binary is: which firefox