I wanted to try the Pale Moon web browser, which is free and open-source software (FOSS) on a CentOS 7 Linux system, but when I tried installing it with yum, the package was not found.
# yum install palemoon Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: centos-distro.1gservers.com * epel: archive.linux.duke.edu * extras: centos.host-engine.com * updates: centos.den.host-engine.com No package palemoon available. Error: Nothing to do #
I was able to resolve the problem, by adding the Pale Moon repository.
# wget https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/bgstack15/palemoon/repo/epel-7/bg stack15-palemoon-epel-7.repo -O /etc/yum.repos.d/bgstack15-palemoon.repo --2019-03-01 21:39:26-- https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/bgstack15/palem oon/repo/epel-7/bgstack15-palemoon-epel-7.repo Resolving copr.fedorainfracloud.org (copr.fedorainfracloud.org)... 209.132.184.5 4 Connecting to copr.fedorainfracloud.org (copr.fedorainfracloud.org)|209.132.184. 54|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 338 [text/plain] Saving to: ‘/etc/yum.repos.d/bgstack15-palemoon.repo’ 100%[======================================>] 338 --.-K/s in 0s 2019-03-01 21:39:27 (15.9 MB/s) - ‘/etc/yum.repos.d/bgstack15-palemoon.repo’ sav ed [338/338] #
I was then able to install the Pale Moon web browser with yum install
palemoon.
# yum install palemoon Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: centos-distro.1gservers.com * epel: archive.linux.duke.edu * extras: centos.host-engine.com * updates: centos.den.host-engine.com bgstack15-palemoon | 3.9 kB 00:00 bgstack15-palemoon/x86_64/primary_db | 13 kB 00:00 Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package palemoon.x86_64 0:28.4.0-1 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: palemoon x86_64 28.4.0-1 bgstack15-palemoon 42 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 1 Package Total download size: 42 M Installed size: 110 M Is this ok [y/d/N]: y Downloading packages: warning: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/7/bgstack15-palemoon/packages/palemoon-28.4.0-1.x 86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 1feb997b: NOKEY Public key for palemoon-28.4.0-1.x86_64.rpm is not installed palemoon-28.4.0-1.x86_64.rpm | 42 MB 00:20 Retrieving key from https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/bgstack15/pa lemoon/pubkey.gpg Importing GPG key 0x1FEB997B: Userid : "bgstack15_palemoon (None) <bgstack15#palemoon@copr.fedorahosted.o rg>" Fingerprint: 7f57 1655 3768 c2b9 fe6a 064e e642 0909 1feb 997b From : https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/bgstack15/palemoon /pubkey.gpg Is this ok [y/N]: y Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction Installing : palemoon-28.4.0-1.x86_64 1/1 Verifying : palemoon-28.4.0-1.x86_64 1/1 Installed: palemoon.x86_64 0:28.4.0-1 Complete! #
I could then open the browser by clicking on Applications at the top, left-hand side of the screen and within the Internet group selecting Pale Moon Web Browser. When you first open the browser it will display the page at http://www.palemoon.org/firstrun.shtml.
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