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How to Upgrade Mozilla

I downloaded Firebird for Linux.  It was packed in a tar file.  I unpacked it, but how do I install or run the program?  I'm new to Linus (3 hours)
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I get an error message when I try to run the installer.  It says ...cannot execute binary file.  (I'm having DOS flashbacks. currently)
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looks like your binary is not compatible with the hardrware.
please doenload the binaries which are suitable for your hardrware architecture, like if u have linux(x86/sparc).
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may be your binary is not compatible as shivsa said, or may be your tarball crashed during download, try to download it again as shivsa suggestion. or get it here ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firebird/releases/0.7/MozillaFirebird-0.7-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz this is for pc linux and is the tarball version not the installer version or check here http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/release-notes.html
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The install notes say that I need "glibc2.2.4" or higher.  What is "glibc2.2.4" and how do I find out what version I have.  Sorry if these are elementary questions.  I can count the number of hours that I've been using Linux on my fingers still so you can imagine how many questions I'm going to be writing.
glibc is c library from GNU.
u can find these libraries from ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/glibc/releases/

u can get the information how to build glibc from here.
http://www.ee.princeton.edu/~wqin/build.htm
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OK, I typed this,"/lib/libc.so.6"  in to the terminal window and this is what I got back:

GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.1, by Roland McGrath et al.
Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions
There is NO warranty; not even for Merchantability of Fitness for a Particular Purpose.
Compiled by GNU CC version 3.2.2 20030217 (Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 3.2.2-2a).
Compiled on a Linux 2.4.9-9 system on 2003-02-28
Availabl extensions:
     GNU libio by Per Bothner
     crypt add-on version 2. by Michael Glad and others
     linuxthreads-0.10 by Xavier Leroy
     Bind-8.2.3-T5B
     libthread_db work sponsored by Alpha Processor Inc
     NIS (YP)/NIS+ NSS modules 0.19 by Thorsten Kukuk software EPU emulation by Richard Henderson, Jakub Jelink and others
Report bugs using the 'glibcbug' script to <bugs@gnu.org>.

So, I think that I have a current enough c library, but it still does not work.  Where do I get "binaries" as mentioned in an earlier post?  To save time, assuming that I find a "binary" what would I do with it once I had it?  What is a "binary"?  I'm assuming that it is some kind of slang for "Binary Compiler" or something like that...

This is starting to prove the point about why Unix/Linux will always be the domain of nerds and Apple and MS will always be the tool for the masses.  Fortunately I'm a nerd, so I think that this is fun.  I've just never used Linux before.
now once u have right glibc and all.

try to get mozilla donwload from
http://www.mozilla.org/releases/
u can get one for linux/x86 one and latest one.
then u can follow the steps  paullamhkg mentioned above to install/configure mozilla.
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Should the x86 version work even though I'm using a Mac?  The version of Linux that I'm using is basically Redhat, with some modifications for the Mac.  I apologize for all of the stupid questions.  I am literally starting from scratch with Linux.  I know that it works on different platforms, but I don't understand how yet.
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OK, I see the problem now.  No one has created a newer version than 1.4 for my distro.  I've been trying to install the wrong version.  I feel stupid now, though less so than I did at the top of this page...thanks.