Firefox System Requirements and Recommendations
System Requirements and Recommendations for Firefox
Below are the Firefox system requirements required to install Firefox and run successfully on an operating system listed given:
Recommendations are also given so that your Firefox can work proper
Linux
Software Requirements
Note:
Linux distributors provide packages for your distribution which have different requirements.
Firefox will not run on Linux without the following packages.
- GTK+ 2.18 or higher
- GLib 2.22 or higher
- Pango 1.14 or higher
- X.Org 1.0 or higher (1.7 or higher is recommended)
- libstdc++ 4.3 or higher
The following packages are recommended for optimal functionality.
- NetworkManager 0.7 or higher
- DBus 1.0 or higher
- HAL 0.5.8 or higher
- GNOME 2.16 or higher
Mac
Operating Systems
- Mac OS X 10.6
- Mac OS X 10.7
- Mac OS X 10.8
Recommended Hardware
- Macintosh computer with an Intel x86 processor
- 512 MB of RAM
- 200 MB hard drive space
Windows
Operating Systems
- Windows XP SP2
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Vista
- Windows 7
- Windows 8
Please note that while 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7 can be used to run Firefox, only 32-bit Firefox creation is supported at this time
Hardware
- Pentium 4 or newer processor that supports SSE2
- 512MB of RAM
- 200MB of hard drive space