Transferring Firefox from another mac

I lost safari, and the lame 'realplayer' browser I'm using won't
manage a download of a new safari, or any other browser.
So, I'd like to transfer Firefox from another mac in the house.
Doable?

If by 'lost' you mean the Safari application has been deleted and your other computer is the same processor and version of OS X, then you can do the same to copy Safari back to your Mac.

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