Alright guys, its time to upgrade your Firefox into the latest one(3.5), now I’m gonna provide some simple steps to install Firefox 3.5:
1. Don’t forget to backup your previous version of Firefox first by typing:
cp -r ~/.mozilla/firefox/ ~/firefox_backup
2. Put this following command inside your terminal:
wget -O – http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.5/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-3.5.tar.bz2 | tar xj -C ~
3.To open Firefox, go to your home folder -> open Firefox Folder -> Double Click the Firefox file. You also can open Firefox 3.5 by this command ~/firefox/firefox
4. To add Firefox application into the main menu, go to System -> Preferences -> Main Menu
5. In “Command Field” room, add you firefox directory, for example: /home/username/firefox/firefox
6. In the “Name Field” room , type Firefox 3.5
And now, you’re all set to go! Comments and inputs are greatly appreciated.
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Firefox 3.5 is in the ubuntu repositories. All you need to do is:
apt-get install firefox-3.5
This will also keep your firefox 3.0 installed.
I always like the firefox and its really nice to heard the news about the firfox is now update and its update version is available to install now.
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