HowTo Install the Latest Firefox in Ubuntu (Ultimate HowTo)

[Russty of Oz]

First of all: welcome!

You'll find all the links in the first post. You will need to download the file labeled " Fireupdate 1.2, from 1.5.0.1".

Fireupdate will only work with the tarballs from www.mozilla.com (http://www.mozilla.com). How did you install Firefox 1.5.0.1? It is not included in Breezy Badger by default.

Did you use Automatix? Then it will work correctly, since Automatix uses the official tarballs. Was it already included in Ubuntu? Then you are most likely using Dapper Drake Beta. Fireupdate will most probably not work in this case, but you will only have to wait a few days to update by Synaptic.

As for Tarballs, take a look here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarball).

Thanks for all that Sokraates!

I installed 1.5.0.1 using Automatix.

I will follow your instructions and let you know how I get on.

Russty.:cool:

[Russty of Oz]

Hmmmm, something happened but FF is still 1.5.0.1.

I did as you suggested and the terminal opened and then it asked for my password but after that the terminal showed things happening and it said that it was downloading the update to 1.5.0.3 then it all closed. It was too quick for me to see what was going on.

So what now?

[Russty of Oz]

The command should look like this:
~/Fireupdate/Fireupdate -v Then please post the output.

I typed the above in the terminal and it came back with this;

russell@ubuntu:~$ ~/Fireupdate/Fireupdate -v
/home/russell/Fireupdate/Fireupdate: line 58: dialog: command not found
16023 ? 00:00:00 firefox
16039 ? 00:00:09 firefox-bin
/home/russell/Fireupdate/Fireupdate: line 71: dialog: command not found

What now?

[Sokraates]

When you ran Fireupdate with the verbose argument, you had Firefox running.
16023 ? 00:00:00 firefox
16039 ? 00:00:09 firefox-bin There also seems to be a problem with two dialog options ("command not found"). They are responsible for the pop-up notifications.

I'm not at home right now, so I can't check what lines 58 and 71 are about exactly (well, one of those obviously checks for a running instance of Firefiox). I will do so in the evening.

For starters and before running Fireupdate again, please check, if the update has succeeded or not. Simply open Firefox, got to "Help" -> "About Firefox" and if the version is 1.5.0.3, you are set.

[Russty of Oz]

No, it is still 1.5.0.1.

[Russty of Oz]

When you ran Fireupdate with the verbose argument, you had Firefox running.


I did the verbose thing again without FF running and this was the result;


russell@ubuntu:~$ ~/Fireupdate/Fireupdate -v
/home/russell/Fireupdate/Fireupdate: line 58: dialog: command not found
cp: cannot overwrite non-directory `/opt/firefox_fireupdate_backup/firefox' with directory `/opt/firefox'
--16:40:16-- ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.5.0.3/update/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-1.5.0.2-1.5.0.3.partial.mar
=> `firefox-1.5.0.2-1.5.0.3.partial.mar'
Resolving ftp.mozilla.org... 64.50.236.52, 64.50.238.52, 216.165.129.134, ...
Connecting to ftp.mozilla.org|64.50.236.52|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.5.0.3/update/linux-i686/en-US ... done.
==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR firefox-1.5.0.2-1.5.0.3.partial.mar ... done.
Length: 152,016 (148K) (unauthoritative)

0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 33% 19.15 KB/s
50K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 67% 50.47 KB/s
100K .......... .......... .......... .......... ........ 100% 51.56 KB/s

16:40:26 (32.69 KB/s) - `firefox-1.5.0.2-1.5.0.3.partial.mar' saved [152016]

/home/russell/Fireupdate/FireupRoot: line 53: 20604 Killed zenity --progress --pulsate --title "Fireupdate" --text "Downloading update to version 1.5.0.3. This may take a few moments." (wd: /opt/firefox-update)
/home/russell/Fireupdate/FireupRoot: line 73: dialog: command not found
russell@ubuntu:~$


Does that help?

Russty

[Russty of Oz]

:oops: Oh well, trust me to get it wrong. I didn't read the file names properly and tried installing the 1.5.02 to 1.5.03 instead of doing 1.5.01 to 1.5.03!

So now I have done it CORRECTLY and it worked like a dream!!

Thank you Sokraates, for all you help! When I said before that I was thick, I didn't realize just HOW THICK I could be!!;)

Thanks again for being so patient.

Russty.

[Sokraates]

Glad it worked. Still the dialog-errors bother me. Fireupdate uses kdialog with KDE, zenity with GNOME and dialog for everything else.

What desktop environment do you use?

[Russty of Oz]

Glad it worked. Still the dialog-errors bother me. Fireupdate uses kdialog with KDE, zenity with GNOME and dialog for everything else.

What desktop environment do you use?

Desktop environment?? What is that?

I am using Ubuntu Breezy Badger that is all I know about it.

[barbarian]

Thank you, good script..

[Sokraates]

Desktop environment?? What is that?

I am using Ubuntu Breezy Badger that is all I know about it.
For desktop environments, look [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_environment]here(/URL].

In a (ubuntu)nutshell: if it's brown, it's GNOME. If it's blue, it's KDE. ;)

Edit: The errors you encountered were due to the app "dialog" not being found. I know it's included in Breezy, but not in Dapper. But dialog is only used, if kdialog (KDE) or zenity (GNOME) are not available, which they are in Dapper.

Are you bychange running Xubuntu Beta?

[Russty of Oz]

Well, mine is brown so it is GNOME.

No I am not running Xubuntu Beta, it is just plain Ubuntu Breezy Badger 5.10.

Perhaps the "dialog" not being found was due to the fact that I was attempting to update from FF1.5.0.2 to 1.5.0.3 when there was no 1.5.0.2 on the system? Once I downloaded the right file, it ran with no errors at all.

[Sokraates]

Nope. That wasn't it. Using the wrong file should have resulted in an error message, that the update could not be completed successfully.

With GNOME, the popups are generated with zenity. But lines 58 and 71 are responsible for dialog, which is only a fallback. It's a strange error I haven't heard about before.

Anyway. I'm working on an improvement.

[rockrhino27]

I must say this script was ridiculously easy. Thanks a million to the author of the script. Awesome Job!!!

Rock

[micmic]

Thanks a million to the author of the script. Awesome Job!!!
Rock
Me too, for other locales, edit the FireupRoot and change en-US with your locale (sorry my english)

[johansrk]

An even easier way is to run my script.. It's just the procedure process which is already shown, but this is faster if you are lazzy. But first you must...
- Download the firefox-1.5.0.3.tar.gz file, and put it on your desktop
- make a file called "install.sh" and add the code below
run the script from terminal like this
cd Desktop
sudo sh install.sh

THIS CODE DOES NOT SAVE YOUR BOOKMARKS AND SETTING IN FIREFOX. USE ON OWN RISK.. HOWEVER IT WORKS GREAT ON ALL MY COMPUTERS


sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer
cd Desktop

#Pak tar filen ud i OPT folderen
sudo tar -C /opt -x -z -v -f firefox-1.5.0.3.tar.gz

#Link til plugins
cd /opt/firefox/plugins/
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/* .

#Derefter
cd
mv ~/.mozilla/firefox ~/.mozilla/firefox1.0.x.ubuntu
sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/firefox
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox

[giuliastro]

How come Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 hasn't been added to Dapper's repository yet? Any problems?

[aysiu]

How come Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 hasn't been added to Dapper's repository yet? Any problems? 1.5 is in there. Can't you just use Thunderbird's built-in updater to update it to 1.5.0.2? Package mozilla-thunderbird
* dapper (mail): Mozilla Thunderbird standalone mail client
1.5-0ubuntu6: amd64 i386 powerpc

[giuliastro]

1.5 is in there. Can't you just use Thunderbird's built-in updater to update it to 1.5.0.2?

Nope, updater is disabled in both thunderbird and firefox. And I understand this since I don't know how well this way to update programs would go along with Dapper updates.

[Googler]

i did all steps to get firefox 1.5 but it didn't work, fireox didn't open
i had to download the other script to remove it
and i'm now running the older on(1.0.8)
is there an easier way to update it?

[aysiu]

i did all steps to get firefox 1.5 but it didn't work, fireox didn't open
i had to download the other script to remove it
and i'm now running the older on(1.0.8)
is there an easier way to update it? It doesn't really get easier than that script, to tell you the truth, and I know it's worked for a lot of people (and I've tested it myself numerous times on my computer).

When you say "it didn't work," what exactly do you mean?

Did it appear to work, first of all? In other words, when the script was executing, were there any noticeable errors? And, if so, what were they?

When you say "Firefox didn't open," did you try opening it from the terminal? If so, what errors or output did you get?

You may also want to try from the terminal /opt/firefox/firefox to see if it's the installation or the symlinking to the launcher that's off.

Help me help you make it work.

[GMFreak8]

Didn't work for me either. Apparently it doesn't download FireFox from the Mozilla website anymore, which basically renders everything else useless. At least that's my take on things....

[aysiu]

Didn't work for me either. Apparently it doesn't download FireFox from the Mozilla website anymore, which basically renders everything else useless. At least that's my take on things.... Well, it never did download from Mozilla. It always picked a mirror.

But, you're right--that mirror's dead. Let me modify the script.

Edit: Okay. The script in the original post has been edited to use an active mirror.

[GMFreak8]

Oh, I didn't look close enough to see what site it downloads from. Damn, if I would have known you'd update the script so fast, I would have waited, instead of doing it the long way.

[aysiu]

Oh, I didn't look close enough to see what site it downloads from. Damn, if I would have known you'd update the script so fast, I would have waited, instead of doing it the long way. Sorry! Well, it should be working again now.

I did wonder why it would be working for so many people and then all of a sudden not work for two people in a row.

A dead mirror would explain it.

[GMFreak8]

Sorry! Well, it should be working again now.

I did wonder why it would be working for so many people and then all of a sudden not work for two people in a row.

A dead mirror would explain it.


Glad I could help with something, instead of asking two million questions. :lol:

[oskvaz]

Excellent!!! It works. I have installed my Firefox 1.5.0.3 whit your script.

Thank you!!!

[aysiu]

Excellent!!! It works. I have installed my Firefox 1.5.0.3 whit your script.

Thank you!!! Glad it's working again. Sorry about the interruption, folks.

[Polygon]

sorry to bump this topic, but i have the same problem as someone else in this topic with the thunderbird script, i installed it and followed the directions, but when i click on the icon nothing happens. i dont know if this is because i didnt have thunderbird installed when i ran the script, but neither the thunderbird or profile manager icons do anything. ill just install it off the mozilla site... but the firefox script works nicely, thanks!

[aysiu]

I think I may have found a bug in that old installnewthunderbird script.

It tries to make a symlink from /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin to /opt/thunderbird/mozilla-thunderbird-bin. I'm not sure what that's all about, and I don't see that command in the Wiki instructions (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ThunderbirdNewVersion).

I'm not 100% either whether the Thunderbird removal script will fix that error.

I have uploaded here what I think should be a good script, though. I'll test it out and then post an edit on whether it works or not.

Edit: I just ran the attached script on my test computer, and it works.

I've also written a script to undo the work of the first script. I have not tested this one, though.

So you would run the undo script first and then run the new script to get Thunderbird properly installed.

1. Download both text files to your desktop.
2. cd ~/Desktop
mv installnewthunderbird.sh.txt installnewthunderbird.sh
mv undothunderbirdscript.sh.txt undothunderbirdscript.sh
./undothunderbirdscript.sh
./installnewthunderbird.sh
3. Let me know how it goes...

[CharlesG]

Ensnared, I've updated your script to use Thunderbird 1.5.0.2.

Thank you very much for your assistance. I've finally managed to get Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 installed on Kubuntu Breezy.

One hint for others who like me are trying to install 1.5.0.2 from scratch - for this script to work, one actually needs to install 1.0.8 first, open it, and establish a profile. I also downloaded some email. If one doesn't have the profile already set up, then the rest of the script won't function and 1.5 will not open, even though it's installed.

[aysiu]

Thank you very much for your assistance. I've finally managed to get Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 installed on Kubuntu Breezy.

One hint for others who like me are trying to install 1.5.0.2 from scratch - for this script to work, one actually needs to install 1.0.8 first, open it, and establish a profile. I also downloaded some email. If one doesn't have the profile already set up, then the rest of the script won't function and 1.5 will not open, even though it's installed. Good to know.

[visik7]

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[nox.freak]

Got a problem,

I did all the steps but after installing libstdc++ now gnome, and any gnoma based app will not run.

running ubuntu 5.10 with kubuntu installed.

tryed removing libstdc++ but no luck.

thanks,

[louistan3]

this is great! thanks.. worked well for me..:-D

[brian g]

how do i get embedded asx movies to play using this install of firefox?

how do i prevent the old firefox from opening when i click on URLs in other programs (such as Thunderbird or XChat)

[hellmet]

that was so helpful..thnkx man...
worked like a charm

[LazyBoy]

The new firefox doesn't show my printers in it's dialog. :(
The old one still does.

Any ideas?
LB

[FantasySportsMan]

Awesome, this worked like a charm!!!

Thank You!!

[mrgraz]

Thanks for the info Great information on how to update firefox to latest version :p

[aysiu]

You want to really know how to do it easily, go here:
http://pykeylogger.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu:Chronicles#Install_Firefox_1.5

[dmizer]

Thank you very much for your assistance. I've finally managed to get Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 installed on Kubuntu Breezy.

One hint for others who like me are trying to install 1.5.0.2 from scratch - for this script to work, one actually needs to install 1.0.8 first, open it, and establish a profile. I also downloaded some email. If one doesn't have the profile already set up, then the rest of the script won't function and 1.5 will not open, even though it's installed.
indeed that is good to know ... i just ran into that problem myself. off to fix it ...

okay ... i was able to fix this little glitch because i had all my mail backed up in a previous profile. i just replaced the profile built by the script with the one i had backed up, and thunderbird works just as it use to.

thanks for the handy script.

[picpak]

Dapper provides a much more sane way to upgrade Firefox. This replaces your current Firefox, and doesn't create two different versions of it.

As far as I know, Automatix still installs Firefox 1.5.0.3. If I'm wrong, you can ignore this for now, but it can be helpful if you want a new version before Automatix gets it.

Here it goes:

1) Download Firefox 1.5.0.4:
wget http://backports.org/debian/pool/main/f/firefox/firefox_1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.4-0bpo1_i386.deb

2) Download Firefox gnome-support (ignore this if you don't use Gnome):
wget http://backports.org/debian/pool/main/f/firefox/firefox-gnome-support_1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.4-0bpo1_i386.deb

3) Install the downloaded files:
sudo dpkg -i firefox*.deb

...And you're done. This hasn't been tested on any of the older Ubuntu versions (Warty, Hoary, Breezy).

[Sokraates]

Fireupdate 1.3 is out!

Fireupdate will now update your favorite browser to version 1.5.0.4.

To download the new script, please see the first post in this thread.

[oskvaz]

Excellent. I installed it without no problem.
It's really the easy way.
Thank you very much.

[aysiu]

While this method may have its merits, I would also like to mention that nanotube has created a script (http://pykeylogger.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu:Chronicles#Install_Firefox_1.5) for installing the latest Firefox.

It does, in fact, install two Firefoxes (the Ubuntu one, which it doesn't use fully) and the Mozilla one, but the Mozilla one is self-updating.

It automatically checks for the latest version of Firefox (so if you run the script in September, it should install Firefox 2.0) and asks which locale you want, too.

On the same site, nanotube also has a script for installing Swiftfox, for you 64-bit users out there.

[Geekboy]

Thanks Aysiu for the link to that script! That worked great and now I'm at the latest version of Firefox. :D

And Thank you Nanotube for the script!

If your looking for an easy way to upgrade, this works. Very simple.

[dief-eh?]

hello,

[/QUOTE]
1) Download Firefox 1.5.0.4:
wget http://backports.org/debian/pool/main/f/firefox/firefox_1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.4-0bpo1_i386.deb
2) Download Firefox gnome-support (ignore this if you don't use Gnome):
wget http://backports.org/debian/pool/main/f/firefox/firefox-gnome-support_1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.4-0bpo1_i386.deb
3) Install the downloaded files:
sudo dpkg -i firefox*.deb

...And you're done.
[/QUOTE]

thanks for your instructions. i've been puzzled by the info that "about mozilla firefox" supplied: 1.5.0.2, despite running dapper 6.06 (i think)
which -- i was led to believe -- *came* with 1.5.0.3.

unfortunately, about mozilla firefox still shows 1.5.0.2! any ideas about what gives?

TIA

[aysiu]

unfortunately, about mozilla firefox still shows 1.5.0.2! any ideas about what gives? "still"--meaning after installing the .deb from the first post of this thread?

[dief-eh?]

"still"--meaning after installing the .deb from the first post of this thread?

hello,

thank you for your reply.

yes. pasted each step into a gnome-terminal, and watched while each did its thing. but 'about firefox' still shows 1.5.0.2.

and that's still the case, this morning, after running the morning upgrade manager, which coincidentally, listed firefox as one of the upgrade targets (?)! i'm more confused, if that's imaginable.

any ideas gratefully received...

[aysiu]

Unless picpak has any suggestions, I would just use nanotube's script.

[FredB]

Unless picpak has any suggestions, I would just use nanotube's script.

Erh... What about using official updating way ? Ubuntu version of firefox 1.5.0.4 is available since a few hours ;)

[aysiu]

Yeah, but then when version 1.5.0.5 comes out or 2.0 comes out, then people will ask again, "How do I upgrade?" and Ubuntu's repositories will always be a week behind.

If you install the Mozilla version, you'll always be up-to-date.

[picpak]

hello,


1) Download Firefox 1.5.0.4:
wget http://backports.org/debian/pool/main/f/firefox/firefox_1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.4-0bpo1_i386.deb
2) Download Firefox gnome-support (ignore this if you don't use Gnome):
wget http://backports.org/debian/pool/main/f/firefox/firefox-gnome-support_1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.4-0bpo1_i386.deb
3) Install the downloaded files:
sudo dpkg -i firefox*.deb

...And you're done.


thanks for your instructions. i've been puzzled by the info that "about mozilla firefox" supplied: 1.5.0.2, despite running dapper 6.06 (i think)
which -- i was led to believe -- *came* with 1.5.0.3.

unfortunately, about mozilla firefox still shows 1.5.0.2! any ideas about what gives?

TIA

Is this a fresh install? Perhaps you're running a copy from /opt. Try running "/usr/bin/firefox -v" (without quotes) and show me what it says.

But yes, if Firefox 1.5.0.4 is in the repositories, I suggest using that. The new version overwrites this version anyway.

[tunads]

what about for those of us with x64 based systems?

[aysiu]

what about for those of us with x64 based systems? 64-bit, you mean? nanotube wrote a script to install Swiftfox (http://pykeylogger.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu:Chronicles#Install_Swiftfox), a Firefox derivative that makes a version for 64-bit.

[heffo_j]

Hi there,

I've got the same problem as dief-eh?. I've upgraded FF 3 times today. 1st using the auto update process but still running 1.5.0.2.. Second time, using the script above; but still running 1.5.0.2, and 3rd, auto update told me that a new version of FF was waitng to be upgraded so I gave it a go once more; still 1.5.0.2.. And yes I went out of FF and restarted each time. I even rebooted but to no avail.

What next?

John

[heffo_j]

I've had a read out of /usr/bin/firefox -v. Here is what mine says:

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2, Copyright (c) 1998 - 2006 mozilla.org

What am I to understand form this?

John

[aysiu]

heffo_j, can you paste these commands in the terminal and see what version you get? cd /opt/firefox
./firefox

[heffo_j]

G'day Aysiu,

When I post the above it opens FF in my homepage. Incidently, after I posted my previous post I tried the script you offered. It did the trick. I am now running on 1.5.0.4. Thanks for the tip.

John

[dief-eh?]

heffo_j, can you paste these commands in the terminal and see what version you get? cd /opt/firefox
./firefox

hello aysiu,
looks like heffo_j got the script to work, but i'm still having trouble.

the ./firefox line, above, still shows 1.5.0.2, btw.

nano's script barfs (?) at:
Linking launcher to new Firefox

Leaving `local diversion of /usr/bin/firefox to /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu'
ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/bin/firefox' to `/opt/firefox/firefox': File exists
Previous command did not complete successfully. Exiting.

hth someone.

[Patsoe]

Firefox security updates are also made available through Ubuntu's own Update Manager. It updated to 1.5.0.4 here for me yesterday morning, so you should see it too by now. Basically, that makes the thread obsolete :)

[aysiu]

hello aysiu,
looks like heffo_j got the script to work, but i'm still having trouble.

the ./firefox line, above, still shows 1.5.0.2, btw.

nano's script barfs (?) at:
Linking launcher to new Firefox

Leaving `local diversion of /usr/bin/firefox to /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu'
ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/bin/firefox' to `/opt/firefox/firefox': File exists
Previous command did not complete successfully. Exiting.

hth someone.
If you get that error, it means you've already installed Firefox to the /opt directory (which is where nanotube's script is trying to install it).

In that case, try gksudo firefox and then click Help and Check for Updates.

[dief-eh?]

If you get that error, it means you've already installed Firefox to the /opt directory (which is where nanotube's script is trying to install it).

In that case, try gksudo firefox and then click Help and Check for Updates.
thank you for your reply. gksudo firefox produced a second firefox window with a 1.5.0.4, but without the bookmarks etc. in 1.5.0.2. will closing .0.2 and restarting nuke the bookmarks?
yours in newbie confusion.

[aysiu]

Eek. Sorry. I should have said to close the old Firefox before you run gksudo firefox which runs Firefox as the root user (which is why your personal settings--bookmarks and such--wouldn't be there, as you're not root), so you can get the updates to 1.5.0.4.

Once you update that, close it, and then run Firefox as a regular user. It should now be 1.5.0.4.

[dief-eh?]

Eek. Sorry. I should have said to close the old Firefox before you run gksudo firefox which runs Firefox as the root user (which is why your personal settings--bookmarks and such--wouldn't be there, as you're not root), so you can get the updates to 1.5.0.4.

Once you update that, close it, and then run Firefox as a regular user. It should now be 1.5.0.4.
no worries, mite! thanks for your help. for any other out-there newbies' info, i just closed off my 1.5.0.2 firefox, re-ran the gksudo firefox, (whether i needed to or not!), re-started firefox, et viola! (as they say in france...) a fresh, shiny firefox 1.5.0.4!

merci beaucoup. mille grazie! hai. danke. one less mystery in the universe.

[fragos]

Firefox 1.5.0.4 was available a couple of days ago as an upgrade for 32 bit and it came up last night for AMD64. A little patience and it came.

[ubuntuman001]

On the same site, nanotube also has a script for installing Swiftfox, for you 64-bit users out there.actually, swiftfox is not only for 64-bit amd's, it's also for 32-bit amd's (i have tried it on my amd athlon xp and it worked)

[aysiu]

actually, swiftfox is not only for 64-bit amd's, it's also for 32-bit amd's (i have tried it on my amd athlon xp and it worked)
And Nanotube's script asks you which architecture you're using and installs the appropriate version of Swiftfox.

[ubuntuman001]

And Nanotube's script asks you which architecture you're using and installs the appropriate version of Swiftfox.ah ok, now it makes sense

[Nordoelum]

Thank you for this guide :D

[dewclaw82]

I would also like to mention that nanotube has created a script (http://pykeylogger.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu:Chronicles#Install_Firefox_1.5) for installing the latest Firefox.

Thank you aysiu for the direction and thanks nanotube for the wonderful script. The rest of my upgrade to Dapper went wonderfully but I was struggling with Firefox](*,) until I found this post. The script worked like a charm.:-D IMHO, the script should be a sticky on the updates page with a cross reference to or from the Newbies pages.

[termite]

Thanks for nanotube for the original script for this. I just modified it to install the new beta.

Anyway, here goes:

Download the attached file.
Switch to the directory you downloaded the file to and type gunzip installnewfirefox.sh.gz
Type chmod +x installnewfirefox.sh
Execute the script by typing ./installnewfirefox.sh
Choose your localization.
Watch the script in action...
Enjoy firefox!


Note: you may want to install the Nightly Tester Tools extension (http://users.blueprintit.co.uk/~dave/web/firefox/buildid/nightly.html) to make your extensions compatible with this new version. Warning: some extensions will break!

[Ahriman]

Looks good. No problems during installation, and it seems to run OK.

Do you know of a way I can run this and normal Firefox side-by-side? This seemed to take over the already installed one. During install, I got the following code:

Adding `local diversion of /usr/bin/firefox to /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu'
Adding `local diversion of /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox to 'usr/bin/mozilla-firefox.ubuntu'
I should be able to rename them back if FF2.0 goes pear-shaped, right?

[termite]

Undo instructions (adapted from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxNewVersion)

Restore links in /usr/bin/firefox: sudo rm /usr/bin/firefox
sudo dpkg-divert --rename --remove /usr/bin/firefox
Restore links in /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox: sudo rm /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox
sudo dpkg-divert --rename --remove /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox
Restore your old profile: rm -rf ~./mozilla
cp -R ~/.mozilla_backup<tab> ~/.mozilla
Delete new firefox: sudo rm -r /opt/firefox

[Anonii]

nevermind, I rebooted and its all right. Firefox2.0 is the default browser now.

[Ahriman]

The script backs up your old preference in ~/.mozilla_backup (followed by some stuff). The code: .....
Thanks man, to be honest, I don't think I will be removing this, but it never hurts to have an out planned, especially with Beta software.

What theme are you using for it?

[termite]

noia 2.0 extreme.

I love inline spell checking! And close buttons on tabs! Yay!

[ago]

I had some larger fonts in the menu-bar than others applications

If it happens to you:

about:config > layout.css.dpi > value = X

where X is the number you see executing $xdpyinfo|grep resolution

[hush]

adam@adam-desktop:~$ gunzip installnewfirefox.sh.gz
gunzip: installnewfirefox.sh.gz: No such file or directory

?

[domino]

hush, installnewfirefox.sh.gz shoud be in your Home driectory. not you deskop. this sould do it:

cd ~
gunzip installnewfirefox.sh.gz

edit/added:

Jut finished installing. Works great and using the nightly-1.1 extension. I have 15 extensions and all but 3 didn't work. Heck, even my Ubuntu Human Theme 1.1 still works 8-) .

thanks for the script =D>

[heinouskyle]

I'm having a strange problem. I suspect it's got something to do with permissions, but I'm not sure. I don't know where to go to fix that either.

The problem is that I can't login to certain websites. I've tried clearing my cache and cookies, restarting FF, and restarting the computer.

Actually I can login, but I don't stay logged in. As soon as I change pages, I'm logged back out again.

[termite]

I'm not sure I can help, but I'll try. Please give more details (what do you mean by logging on? What websites, etc)

[heinouskyle]

I'm not sure I can help, but I'll try. Please give more details (what do you mean by logging on? What websites, etc)

When I log in to a website, like hotmail or deviantart.com, it stores a cookie telling the website that I'm logged in everytime I get a new page. The problem is that Firefox is not storing that cookie, and I have to keep putting in my username and password for that site.

[termite]

Try changing to your home directory and typing: sudo chown -R <username>:<username> .mozilla (replace <username> with your username, without < and >)

Then restart FF and see if it works.

[heinouskyle]

I went back to the non-beta Firefox for now. Much easier than fiddling around with permissions and stuff.

[termite]

so my instructions to undo the changes worked?

[calvinthomas]

Is it possible to get flash working in this beta? The beta looks good!

Calv

[termite]

My flash worked out of the box, minus sound. I got sound back by restarting the computer.

Does yours not work at all?

[calvinthomas]

Problem solved, first time using script I had problems so compiled directly from source (I forgot I did that sorry!) and hence flash didn't work, I now used script and everything works really well now!

Calv

[angrykeyboarder]

sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/firefox --rename /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu
sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox --rename /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox.ubuntu That should do it, though I'm not 100% sure about the last step.

Guess what? You were wrong about the last step.

I have a couple of suggestions.:1). Don't post scripts like this unless you're going to also post one to undo it (or post an accurate method for manually undoing what the script did).

2). Don''t post stuff like what's above (the commands to suppoedly undo the diversions) if you don't know for a fact that it works.

Not only does it not work, but it broke my Firefox installation. Two manual dpkg installs and purges and several manually deleted and added symlinks later, I got it back.
I learned a lesson from this. I hope you did too.

[termite]

Your screen name clearly suits you.

Anyway, thanks for the heads up. I'll get rid of the undo part. I'd also appreciate any ideas you have on the undo.

Edit: Posted new undo instructions. Hopefully these work.

[johnny.olai]

Thanks alot, man!

Great script, worked like a dream :)

[xaos5]

These step will show how to install Firefox 2 beta 2 from the i686 precompiled package on http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bonecho/all-beta.html

Steps Described below
1. untar the compressed file
2. move and rename the uncompressed folder to /opt/
3. Make sure firefox 2 can read firefox 1.x plugins
4. Make a Desktop Icon with a text editor

WARNING: I take no responsibility for any damage done to your computer in any way. Please remember this is a beta version and intended for testers only. I assume you have a basic understanding of the bash shell.


Step one:tar xvf firefox-2.0b2.tar.gz
Step two:sudo mv firefox/ /opt/firefox2-beta2
Step three:sudo ln -s /usr/lib/firefox/plugins /opt/firefox2-beta2/plugins
Step four:/usr/share/applications/firefox2.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Firefox Web Browser 2.0 Beta 2
Comment=Browse the World Wide Web
GenericName=Web Browser
Exec=/opt/firefox2-beta2/firefox %u
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application
Icon=/opt/firefox2-beta2/icons/mozicon128.png
Categories=Application;Network;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png
StartupWMClass=/opt/firefox2-beta2/firefox-bin

You should now have an entry of firefox 2.0 beta 2 with the original icon located in the gnome menu (should be in the kde menu also) under internet.

NOTE: You can only run one version at a time, if firefox 1.5 (for example) is open and you select firefox 2.0 beta 2, it will launch firefox 1.5 and vise versa. If there is a way around this behavior please let me know.

[Psquared]

What does this script do that just installing the tarball (as posted in another thread) doesn't do?? Seems like the tarball is easier and leaves the Firefox 1.5 intact.

[termite]

Installs and redirects default links. It does leave 1.5 intact. Though my earlier undo instructions didn't work, the new ones do.

[Psquared]

Installs and redirects default links. It does leave 1.5 intact. Though my earlier undo instructions didn't work, the new ones do.

ok, thanks. any differences with an AMD as opposed to an intel cpu?

[J.Pulumbarit]

i get this error when i ./installnewfirefox.sh

tar: /opt: Cannot chdir: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Previous command did not complete successfully. Exiting.

what am i doing wrong?

[termite]

ok, thanks. any differences with an AMD as opposed to an intel cpu?[/quote\
There are builds out there compiled for AMD, this is the general will-run-on-anything build.

[i get this error when i ./installnewfirefox.sh

tar: /opt: Cannot chdir: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Previous command did not complete successfully. Exiting.

what am i doing wrong?
Do you have a /opt directory? If not, use
sudo mkdir /opt

[aswells]

I have a question about the undo-code you posted. When you wrote <tab>, should I press the tab button or leave that in the command? Please excuse me if this is a stupid question, I am pretty new to linux in any form.

[termite]

Press tab :)

[p.i.m.p]

bash: ./installnewfirefox.sh.gz: cannot execute binary file

am i the only one who is having this problem?

[~LoKe]

bash: ./installnewfirefox.sh.gz: cannot execute binary file

am i the only one who is having this problem?

Yep. You need to do the gunzip first. =D

EDIT: None of my themes are working, now. Not even Noia 2.0 eXtreme. Whuch ones still work?
EDIT2: All my extensions stopped working, too. -_-

[termite]

Get the Noia update: www.deviantart.com/deviation/4266778

For extentions, get Nightly Tester Tools: http://users.blueprintit.co.uk/~dave/web/firefox/buildid/index.html

If you need help with either, post here and I'll do my best.

[optimusxprime81]

I get this message when trying to install this Beta version of Firefox.

gpg: requesting key 1AF32821 from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net
gpg: keyserver timed out
gpg: keyserver receive failed: keyserver error
Previous command did not complete successfully. Exiting.

what's wrong? help....:(

[~LoKe]

Bah. I thought I had the Nightly Tester extension. I used to use it, but may have forgotten to install it when I started with Ubuntu.

Thanks. :o

[termite]

I get this message when trying to install this Beta version of Firefox.

gpg: requesting key 1AF32821 from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net
gpg: keyserver timed out
gpg: keyserver receive failed: keyserver error
Previous command did not complete successfully. Exiting.

what's wrong? help....
Hmm...seems you're just timing out to that server. Try again later, I suppose. The server seems to be working for me, but it is a bit slow.

Post again if you can't get it working later.

[ciscosurfer]

@termite (or anyone here, for that matter),

How does FFb2 compare with Swiftfox (in terms of speed, etc.)

[termite]

Swiftfox is just compiled for particular processors. It will be faster than this beta, no doubt. If you get a build from http://www.getswiftfox.com/br18.htm you'll be up to date with the development of the new beta on swiftfox.

By the way, the release candidate of the final firefox 2.0 will be available some time in the next two weeks. It will probably become the final version.

[ciscosurfer]

Thanks...I use Swiftfox because of the speed increase and b/c of how it is setup for specific processors as opposed to regular Firefox. I will check that link as it looks promising (didn't know it was there, so thanks!) I appreciate the prompt response!

[ciscosurfer]

Just a quick update: I downloaded the branch build (one.eight) of Swiftfox and absolutely love it...for those who do not want to acutally install it, allowing your previous builds of Firefox or Swiftfox to still function correctly, you simply need to go to the directory where you extracted the files and run ./swiftfox or ./firefox (this way, you don't need to install it, per se, and can run it from the directory, thereby maintaining your other builds in their original compilations.)

Thanks again, Termite, for the heads up!!!

[optimusxprime81]

so I've downloaded the Beta2 version, is it normal for mplayer and all that not to run in this version?

[ciscosurfer]

No, you just need to have it setup correctly. Btw, sometimes, even within my regular Firefox or Swiftfox with all plugins loaded, linked, etc., I encounter some problems with playback.

[jave]

This HOWTO is great! Except that it doesn't work with my PowerPC equipped Mac.... :)

[termite]

Hmmm. I wonder if there's a different version of firefox for linux on macs. Anyone know?

[David_Scott_1904]

Hi

The script fails for me, with the following error:

gpg: Signature made Thu 31 Aug 2006 12:35:33 BST using DSA key ID 1AF32821
gpg: BAD signature from "Mozilla Software Releases <releases@mozilla.org>"
Previous command did not complete successfully. Exiting.

Any idea what the problem is?

Thanks

[domino]

Hmmm. I wonder if there's a different version of firefox for linux on macs. Anyone know?

OS X has the same features as Linux build and has the same build number. I'm using the same extensions but different themes on both Linux and OS X beta build.

[Dinerty]

Great guide mate, works a treat I do quite like the look of firefox 2, I think if it had a option to "duplicate" tab's like Opera 9 does, I may be tempted ;)

[termite]

There's a Duplicate Tab extension (google it). I'm not sure if it's up to date with FF2, but it's worth a shot.

Will answer questions later...

[bswilson]

So you'd like to try the newly released Firefox 2.0 Release Candidate, but you're unsure how to do it? Here's how to download, install, and configure the US English version on Ubuntu 6.06LTS.

1. Download Firefox 2.0 Release candidate from the Web site. Be sure to get the Linux version!

$ cd /tmp
$ wget ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0rc3/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0rc3.tar.gz

2. Unpack the file. We're going to install to the /opt directory.

$ sudo gunzip /tmp/firefox-2.0rc3.tar.gz
$ cd /opt
$ tar xvf firefox-2.0rc3.tar.gz

3. It is installed now! All you have to do is run /opt/firefox/firefox. I have created a desktop icon for that program, so you can easily double-click on it to launch.

4. Let's copy our plugins over so that they work (Flash 7, RealPlayer 10, etc.)

$ sudo cp /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins /opt/mozilla/plugins

All done! Happy surfing. The original version of Firefox 1.5.x that comes with Ubuntu will be preserved; to launch it simply run /usr/bin/firefox.


Edit: Updated commands for Firefox 2.0rc3 -- 2006-10-18

[kipeloff]

Hello,
termite, many thanks for undo instructions, it helped alot.

[termite]

Good good :)

Glad to hear they work. Can't wait for 2.0 final, hopefully in edgy!

[kipeloff]

I needed to undo the Firefox from beta2 to 1.5, because during rc1 install something went wrong, and installation complained about (directory /opt/firefox already exists, however I copied to /opt/firefox.old).
Anyway I restored old Firefox and installed rc1 once more. It is working fine.:)

[masamunex111]

When I install firefox, it gives an error, it does not have the permission to open and read the cache of my profile. what do i do?

[Stormx]

Small problem folks. FFB2 seems to be working fine, except it doesn't render fonts well with letter-spacing in CSS: http://www.dython.net, It may just be that I use the windows fonts for firefox? I dunno...

[shekhark]

Will this script be updated for the final release of Firefox 2.0, scheduled for sometime today? I would just install it from the Mozilla web-site, but had so many problems with the beta releases that I found this script was the only way to successfully install and configure RC2.

[sk8dork]

hey guys, this site has a quick and easy (much like this thread i'm sure) install script updated for the final release:
click me (http://everythingelse.wordpress.com/2006/07/15/howto-install-firefox-20-bon-echo-in-ubuntu/?namhuy.org)

worked great for me. it pretty much downloads the latest version from the firefox ftp and installs it for you.

[jwdvd]

i got......

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Importing Mozilla Software Releases public key

Note that if you have never used gpg before on this system, and this is your first time running this script, there may be a delay of about a minute during the generation of a gpg keypair. This is normal and expected behavior.

gpg: requesting key 1AF32821 from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net
gpg: keyserver timed out
gpg: keyserver receive failed: keyserver error
Previous command did not complete successfully. Exiting.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DAMN :-(

[bswilson]

So you'd like to try the newly released Firefox 2.0, but you're unsure how to do it? Here's how to download, install, and configure the US English version on Ubuntu Dapper or Edgy.

1. Download Firefox 2.0 from the Mozilla FTP or Web site (command below shows using wget to download it from the FTP site). Be sure to get the Linux version! Place this file in your /tmp directory.

$ cd /tmp
$ wget ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0.tar.gz

2. Unpack the file. We're going to install to the /opt directory. This will allow you to keep the version of Firefox that comes with Dapper/Edgy intact.

$ cd /opt
$ sudo tar -zxvf /tmp/firefox-2.0.tar.gz

3. Let's copy our plugins over so that they work (Flash 7, RealPlayer 10, etc.). This step will copy any plugins you already had over to work with Firefox 2.0. This step will not install any new plugins; that's a separate thread. ;)

$ sudo cp /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins /opt/mozilla/plugins

4. It is installed now! All you have to do is run /opt/firefox/firefox. You can create a desktop icon (e.g., launcher) for that program and/or an icon on the Gnome panel, so you can easily double-click on it to launch.

4a. Create a Gnome panel icon for Firefox 2.0, by saving this code as ~/.gnome2/panel2.d/default/launchers/firefox2.panel. Just paste this into a gedit or vi document:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Exec=/opt/firefox/firefox
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application
Icon=mozilla-firefox.png
Categories=Application;Network;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;
StartupWMClass=Firefox-bin
TryExec=
X-GNOME-DocPath=
Name[ca]=Navegador web Firefox
GenericName[ca]=Navegador web
Comment[ca]=Navegueu per el web
Name[cs]=Firefox Webový prohlížeč
GenericName[cs]=Webový prohlížeč
Comment[cs]=Prohlížení stránek World Wide Webu
Name[de]=
GenericName[de]=
Comment[de]=Im Internet surfen
Name[es]=Navegador web Firefox
GenericName[es]=Navegador web
Comment[es]=Navegue por la web
Name[fa]=مرورگر اینترنتی Firefox
GenericName[fa]=مرورگر اینترنتی
Comment[fa]=صفحات شبکه جهانی اینترنت را مرور نمایید
Name[fi]=Firefox-webselain
GenericName[fi]=Webselain
Comment[fi]=Selaa Internetin www-sivuja
Name[fr]=Navigateur Web Firefox
GenericName[fr]=Navigateur Web
Comment[fr]=Navigue sur Internet
Name[hu]=Firefox webböngésző
GenericName[hu]=Webböngésző
Comment[hu]=A világháló böngészése
Name[it]=Firefox Browser Web
GenericName[it]=Browser Web
Comment[it]=Esplora il web
Name[nb]=Firefox Nettleser
GenericName[nb]=Nettleser
Comment[nb]=Surf på nettet
Name[nl]=Firefox webbrowser
GenericName[nl]=Webbrowser
Comment[nl]=Verken het internet
Name[nn]=Firefox Nettlesar
GenericName[nn]=Nettlesar
Comment[nn]=Surf på nettet
Name[no]=Firefox Nettleser
GenericName[no]=Nettleser
Comment[no]=Surf på nettet
Name[pl]=Przeglądarka WWW Firefox
GenericName[pl]=Przeglądarka WWW
Comment[pl]=Przeglądanie stron WWW
Name[pt]=Firefox Navegador Web
GenericName[pt]=Navegador Web
Comment[pt]=Navegue na Internet
Name[pt_BR]=Navegador Web Firefox
GenericName[pt_BR]=Navegador Web
Comment[pt_BR]=Navegue na Internet
Name[sk]=Internetový prehliadač Firefox
GenericName[sk]=Internetový prehliadač
Comment[sk]=Prehliadanie internetu
Name[en]=Firefox Web Browser
GenericName[en]=Web Browser
Comment[en]=Browse the World Wide Web
Name=Firefox Web Browser
GenericName=Web Browser
Comment=Browse the World Wide Web


4b. Create a Gnome desktop launcher for Firefox 2.0, by saving this code as ~/Desktop/firefox2.desktop. Just paste this into a gedit or vi document:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Elmo's World
TryExec=/opt/firefox/firefox
GenericName=Web browser
Exec=/opt/firefox/firefox
Terminal=false
Categories=Application;Qt;Network;WebBrowser;X-Ximian-Main;X-Ximian-Toplevel
Icon=firefox.png
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;
Comment=Web Browser
Type=Application
GenericName[en]=Start Firefox 2
Name[en]=Start Firefox 2
Comment[en]=Start Firefox 2


All done! Happy surfing. The original version of Firefox 1.5.x that comes with Ubuntu will be preserved; to launch it simply run /usr/bin/firefox.


Edit 2006-10-25 13:17ET: Updated post to include code for Gnome panel and Gnome desktop launchers.

[aysiu]

I've just tested it, and this script does work on Edgy for Firefox 2.0.

[upanda]

Dear all,
I run this following command to install firefox 2.0.


user@st4:~$ ./installnewfirefox.sh


but after finished download tar file, it show the following text!


Downloading Firefox from the Mozilla site

--19:58:47-- http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0b2/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0b2.tar.gz
=> `firefox-2.0b2.tar.gz'
Connecting to 192.168.1.253:8888... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0b2/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0b2.tar.gz [following]
--19:58:51-- http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0b2/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0b2.tar.gz
=> `firefox-2.0b2.tar.gz'
Connecting to 192.168.1.253:8888... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 9,598,975 (9.2M) [application/x-gzip]

100%[================================================== ================>] 9,598,975 15.74K/s ETA 00:00/

20:09:38 (14.53 KB/s) - `firefox-2.0b2.tar.gz' saved [9598975/9598975]


Downloading Firefox signature from the Mozilla site

--20:09:38-- http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0b2/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0b2.tar .gz.asc
=> `firefox-2.0b2.tar.gz.asc'
Connecting to 192.168.1.253:8888... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0b2/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0b2.ta r.gz.asc [following]
--20:10:12-- http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0b2/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-2.0b 2.tar.gz.asc
=> `firefox-2.0b2.tar.gz.asc'
Connecting to 192.168.1.253:8888... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 186 [text/plain]

100%[================================================== ================>] 186 --.--K/s

20:10:14 (4.03 MB/s) - `firefox-2.0b2.tar.gz.asc' saved [186/186]


Importing Mozilla Software Releases public key

Note that if you have never used gpg before on this system, and this is your first time running this script, t here may be a delay of about a minute during the generation of a gpg keypair. This is normal and expected beha vior.

gpg: directory `/home/user/.gnupg' created
gpg: new configuration file `/home/user/.gnupg/gpg.conf' created
gpg: WARNING: options in `/home/user/.gnupg/gpg.conf' are not yet active during this run
gpg: keyring `/home/user/.gnupg/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/home/user/.gnupg/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key 1AF32821 from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net
?: subkeys.pgp.net: Host not found
gpgkeys: HKP fetch error: Connection timed out
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: Total number processed: 0
Previous command did not complete successfully. Exiting.


so how should i go on... ? please help me!

[motang]

Hello all, as you all know Firefox 2.0 came out yesterday and I wanted to update mine from 1.5.x to 2.0. I did a search on the forums and found a script that installs Firefox2.0 beta 2 thanks to termite. I took the script and modified it to install the final build of Firefox 2.0 on a x86 32 bit processor.
Here are instructions:
1. Download the attached file.
2. Navigate to the directory you downloaded the attached file and type
Code:
gunzip installnewfirefox.sh.gz

3. Type
Code:
chmod +x installnewfirefox.sh

4. Execute the script by typing
Code:
./installnewfirefox.sh

5. Choose your localization.
6. Watch the script in action...
7. Enjoy!

Note: Not all of your themes and extension will work with Firefox 2.0 as of yet, so be cautious.

[ales]

Hello I did these commands right like here but when connectig gpg key it always makes error msg that the pgp server timed out connection when retrieveng the key and installation stops due to that, that the previous operation did not succeed

[sblanzio]

this worked perfectly with me!
thank you very much! :)

[aysiu]

This is a HowTo, not a support question, so I'm moved it to the HowTo subforums.

[dinsx]

Hi, one question. The script seem to be fine but I'm getting an error when executing this gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv 1AF32821. The error say :

gpg: AVISO: propiedad insegura del fichero de configuración `/home/daniel/.gnupg/gpg.conf'
gpg: llamadas a programas externos inhabilitadas por permisos inseguros de ficheros.
gpg: error de comunicación con el servidor de claves: Error general
gpg: recepción del servidor de claves fallida: Error general

Can you help me? Do you need that I translate the message error?

[dutchmega]

Swiftfox, the optimized version, based on FF2 final is also out:
http://getswiftfox.com/debian.htm

[sbecerra]

I don't know much about any of this stuff, but I do speak Spanish. The error message in English is "gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on configuration file "/home/daniel/.gnupg/gpg.conf". The solution that I found here (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/step-guide/s1-gnupg-warnings.html) was to execute the following:

chmod 600 ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf

Hi, one question. The script seem to be fine but I'm getting an error when executing this gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv 1AF32821. The error say :

gpg: AVISO: propiedad insegura del fichero de configuración `/home/daniel/.gnupg/gpg.conf'
gpg: llamadas a programas externos inhabilitadas por permisos inseguros de ficheros.
gpg: error de comunicación con el servidor de claves: Error general
gpg: recepción del servidor de claves fallida: Error general

Can you help me? Do you need that I translate the message error?

[DOD1951]

Thanks for posting this howto worked a treat. Now on V2 no issues so far. :)

[dinsx]

I don't know much about any of this stuff, but I do speak Spanish. The error message in English is "gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on configuration file "/home/daniel/.gnupg/gpg.conf". The solution that I found here (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/step-guide/s1-gnupg-warnings.html) was to execute the following:

chmod 600 ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf

The solution for me was different but I find the solution thanks to your answer. My problem was that the owner of ~/.mozilla is the root user and the owner of ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf is my user, then if I execute the installation script without sudo, fail to create the backup of my old firefox but if I execute it with sudo, fail to execute this gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv 1AF32821. My solution was to modify the installation script writing sudo before this cp -R ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla_backup_`date -Iseconds` in the line 85.

Thank you very much.

[aysiu]

Wouldn't it make sense to have you (instead of root) be the owner of ~/.mozilla? sudo chown -R dinsx:disnx /home/disnx/.mozilla

By the way, you should probably read this:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo

[studentism]

Yes, and I'm about 99% sure if you aren't the owner of .mozilla you can't install extensions/save bookmarks (beyond the current session)/etc.

[bloodniece]

Here is what fixed the gpg ownership error for me.
sudo chown -R root /home/tux/.gnupg/

[pixelboy]

Thanks motang. :)

[KDayz]

I get this error when using the script:


Linking launcher to new Firefox

Leaving `local diversion of /usr/bin/firefox to /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu'
ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/bin/firefox' to `/opt/firefox/firefox': File exists
Previous command did not complete successfully. Exiting.

[KDayz]

Sorry for double post, I just ran the installer again and it worked this time. Altough I had to navigate to opt/firefox and run firefox.sh and that worked. Firefox told me its not my default browser so I just clicked "Yes" and it works now. Woot Woot!

[Greeface]

Tried it on Dapper and it was working good, but then I got gpg: requesting key 1AF32821 from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net
gpg: keyserver timed out
gpg: keyserver receive failed: keyserver error
Previous command did not complete successfully. Exiting.

[aysiu]

Try this: sudo chown -R greeface:greeface /home/greeface and then run the script again. That seems to have solved it for some other people.

Substitute your actual username for greeface, of course.

[Greeface]

Ah, actually I just ran it a second time a few moments ago and it worked like a charm! Awesome script, thanks!

[aysiu]

Ah, actually I just ran it a second time a few moments ago and it worked like a charm! Awesome script, thanks!
I didn't write it. I just modified it to work for Edgy.

Glad it worked out, though.

[tetherblood]

thanks motang,

it all worked perfectly :-D

[joncheyne]

I get stuck at the bit below. It waits bit then times ou as below. I own .mozilla and .gnupg

cheers

Jon


gpg: requesting key 1AF32821 from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net
gpg: keyserver timed out
gpg: keyserver receive failed: keyserver error
Previous command did not complete successfully. Exiting.

[lzydba]

I am getting the same error as joncheyne.

*EDIT*
I can ping subkeys.pgp.net so it's up, but the keyserver error is still there :confused:

[kuberprok]

Thanks man! This realy was easy!

[dinsx]

Wouldn't it make sense to have you (instead of root) be the owner of ~/.mozilla? sudo chown -R dinsx:disnx /home/disnx/.mozilla

By the way, you should probably read this:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo

Thank you for the information.

[Jpfan017]

I'm getting this error:

gpg: requesting key 1AF32821 from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net
?: subkeys.pgp.net: Connection refused
gpgkeys: HKP fetch error: Connection refused
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: Total number processed: 0
Previous command did not complete successfully. Exiting.

I've tried all the other things in this thread, still no luck.

[Jpfan017]

Ya I'm still getting the same error.

gpg: requesting key 1AF32821 from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net
?: subkeys.pgp.net: Connection refused
gpgkeys: HKP fetch error: Connection refused
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: Total number processed: 0
Previous command did not complete successfully. Exiting.

[aysiu]

Try clearing your web browser cache and downloading the script.

I've taken out the bit about verifying the key. It seems to be tripping a lot of people up, and I don't think it's really necessary.

[HandGrenade]

I have the same time-out problem as joncheyne and lyzdba. Does anyone have any suggestions?

[aysiu]

Yes, try this script instead--I got rid of the key verification, which is probably not necessary for installing Firefox:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firefox

[motang]

Yes, try this script instead--I got rid of the key verification, which is probably not necessary for installing Firefox:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firefox

Wow I didn't know so many people would have problems with the PGP key, thanks for the new script file.

[aysiu]

Wow I didn't know so many people would have problems with the PGP key, thanks for the new script file.
I didn't experience it personally, but I've seen several people have sig verification problems. Honestly, the .tar.gz is probably fine if it's being downloaded straight off Mozilla's server, so I just got rid of that part.

[Jeremiah478]

Thanks, this worked great.

[sumithar]

Hi
I get the
"The new Firefox version 2.0 has been installed successfully."
message but my icon on the task bar is still pointing to v1.5, it seems. Because when I click on the icon and it brings up FF and I click Help/About it says 1.5
In the properties window for the icon it says under command
firefox %u

Should I specify some directory or something?
Thanks

[aysiu]

Maybe the symlink didn't come in for whatever reason?

Can you press Alt-F2 and type /opt/firefox/firefox and see if 2.0 comes up?

[sumithar]

Thanks for the response.
Unfortunately, no. I had tried the same thing from the same terminal window where I ran the script.

I am still hazy about how programs work in linux. Is there like a firefox.exe file somewhere? Does this script create a different exe file in a different directory? Or is that what you were asking me to do- /opt/firefox is where the script installed v2?

I did some digging around:
the /usr/lib/firefox directory has a file called firefox dt 2006/09/21
the /opt/firefox directory has a file called firefox dt 2006/10/11

Regards

[aysiu]

It's not technically a .exe (.exe files are Windows binaries), but what the script does is download a zipped file from Mozilla.

It then unzips the file to the /opt directory so that you have a new directory called /opt/firefox.

Within the /opt/firefox directory, there is an executable called firefox, and the script symlinks (think "shortcut" or "alias") /opt/firefox/firefox to /usr/bin/firefox so that you can just type firefox and have that command launch /opt/firefox/firefox.

Can you post the output of these commands? cd /opt/firefox
ls
./firefox

[sumithar]

Thanks for that explanation. I remember reading that the x by the side of the ls listing indicates executable, right.

As it turns out I was wasting your time- I had a theme (Noia) that was messing it all up. The firefox was upgraded, but the theme kept showing as 1.5. Once I figured that out, uninstalled the theme, and restarted (using the link on the action bar, no less) everything looks fine.

And thanks to foxmarks I can import my bookmarks from work!

Thanks again and sorry to have wasted your time!

[aysiu]

It wasn't a waste of time. You probably understand the backend of things a little bit more now, and you have things working--that's what matters.

[gamerchick02]

I'd like to say thanks for getting the script together. It made installing 2.0 so much easier.

Amy

[kazbear]

gzip: stdin: decompression OK, trailing garbage ignored
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
Previous command did not complete successfully. Exiting.

Whats up with this?

[AlphaMack]

Followed the instructions to the letter and I get this:

/opt/firefox/run-mozilla.sh: line 166: /opt/firefox/firefox-bin: cannot execute binary file

[bb002]

Followed the instructions to the letter and I get this:

/opt/firefox/run-mozilla.sh: line 166: /opt/firefox/firefox-bin: cannot execute binary file

Hmmmm....looks like for some reason /opt/firefox/firefox-bin didn't get the executable bit set.
run this in a terminal.

sudo chmod +x /opt/firefox/firefox-bin

That sould get firefox running.

[sawjew]

All you need to do to install firefox 2.0 final in Edgy is sudo apt-get upgrade and you're done.

[jjhart]

What if I don't want to keep 1.5? I just want to install 2.0 over the top of 1.5. I don't want to have 1.5 anymore just 2.0, how do I do that? Do I install it in /usr/bin instead of /opt?

[dhallar]

I'm using Kubuntu with a KDE desktop. I updated to Firefox 2.0. How do I create an icon/shortcut on my K menu? (*,)

[uBo]

Hey, how do I install the Ubuntu-Firefox 2.0, not the mozilla one in Dapper?

I want to stay with dapper for a while, but want Firefox 2.0

I guess I have to play with the repositories?

[Azakus]

Now that Firefox 2 is officially out, the script needs to be updated.
I just used gedit and auto-replaced all instances of 2.0b2 with 2.0

[dave37]

Thanks bswilson, that worked great! Also want to add that with 2.0 the slow loading of pages problem that I and many others had is corrected, at least for me.

[MadL]

I'm also wondering if there's a way to get the Ubuntu-fied Firefox 2.0 without upgrading to Edgy -- I'd like to stay with the Drake for a while longer.

[zek725]

All you need to do to install firefox 2.0 final in Edgy is sudo apt-get upgrade and you're done.

upgraded to edgy https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EdgyUpgrades. firefox didn't upgrade with it. :( it was >1.5.0.2 in Dapper then when upgraded to Edgy, it was downgraded! :o

[zek725]

This script only works on Breezy or Dapper.

I'm already in Edgy Eft. Firefox did not upgrade with it. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EdgyUpgrades

Synaptic shows I already have firefox 2.0 installed. Help->About 1.5.0.2! :O ](*,)

[aysiu]

This script only works on Breezy or Dapper. Which script are you talking about?

I've tested the one in this link, and it definitely works in Edgy, too:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firefox

[zek725]

[QUOTE=aysiu;1686551]Which script are you talking about?

I've tested the one in this link, and it definitely works in Edgy, too:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firefox[/QU

Ah! the one posted by motang. :D

[zek725]

I've reinstalled Xubuntu 6.10 from scratch successfully (FF2 included). However, the homepage from file:///usr/share/ubuntu-artwork/home/index.html
says "Welcome to Xubuntu 6.06". I thought this was Xubuntu 6.10?

[bswilson]

Followed the instructions to the letter and I get this:

/opt/firefox/run-mozilla.sh: line 166: /opt/firefox/firefox-bin: cannot execute binary file

Actually, you didn't follow the directions. My post said to run /opt/firefox/firefox, not /opt/firefox/run-mozilla.sh. If you really want to run the latter, just enter the command sudo chmod 755 /opt/firefox/run-mozilla.sh to change the privileges.

[mishranurag]

Thanks for the script. I installed firefox 2.0 using this script, and it went well. The only problem is that I cannot see the pages in hindi languages properly which I could see before with firefox 1.5. I can see the same pages properly in another computer with edgy and firefox 2.0.

Anurag

[orbital]

I installed Firefox using this method, but I'm still missing Java in Firefox. How can I get Java working with this install? I'm running Dapper and with Firefox 1.5 Java worked just fine.

[aysiu]

If you're going to manually "install" Firefox 2.0, I would prefer these instructions:
http://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxNewVersion

But there's also a script that does it automatically:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firefox

[orbital]

Yeah the first link is just how I installed it. Anyways, Java ain't working. I have libjavaplugin.so in the plugins directory /opt/firefox/plugins .

Any ideas?

[tep200377]

Is This thread a joke ?

[orbital]

Is This thread a joke ?

No?

[akudewan]

@ orbital:

Hi,

Have a look at the firefox help page (http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/faq#q2.2). Maybe you could delete that libjavaplugin.so in your /opt/firefox/plugins/ directory, and make the symlink again


On Linux, Firefox requires JRE 1.4.2 or later.

Firefox is compiled with gcc 3.2.3, so a compatible version of the Java plugin must be used. JRE 1.4.2 contains a compatible plugin.

If you installed the JRE 1.4.2_01 RPM, this plugin is /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_01/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so and to install it for Firefox, do the following:

1. Open a terminal
2. Change to your Firefox plugins directory
3. Issue the following command: ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_01/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so



(Note: You can use "locate libjavaplugin_oji.so" to find the appropriate directory, instead of the one mentioned above)

Hope this helps

[orbital]

Thanks alot, I did remove the libjavaplugin.so and made the symlink again. Now everything works like a charm, thanks

[sawjew]

upgraded to edgy https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EdgyUpgrades. firefox didn't upgrade with it. :( it was >1.5.0.2 in Dapper then when upgraded to Edgy, it was downgraded! :o

If you followed those directions then you should have firefox2.0dfsg-0ubuntu. It's the only one in the edgy repositories. If you didn't get this then your upgrade didn't work correctly. Just try sudo apt-get update followed by sudo apt-get upgrade

If that doesn't work properly try sudo aptitude upgrade

You may have a dependency problem preventing firefox from upgrading and aptitude can often resolve these where apt-get can't.

[knichel]

Just followed all of the directions. Launched firefox from the new dir and went to help menu->About Firefox and...

Still running 1.5.0.7? What's up with that? What did I do wrong?

--
Mike

[drew_t]

I've upgraded two machines to Edgy, and have the same situation with both of them. Synaptic indicates that FF 2.0 is installed, but 1.5.0.7 is what continues to run. It's not just the Help --> About screen that indicates this; the Tools menu continues to have separate entries for "Extensions" and "Themes" instead of 2.0's combined "Add-Ons" entry.

[MissMachine]

same problem as the previous two posters^

[aysiu]

Can anyone experiencing this problem (Edgy but with 1.5.0.7 instead of 2.0) post the output of these commands? cd /opt
ls
firefox.ubuntu

[TiredHippo]

I think I may have and idea. It worked for me.

Close all your Firefox windows and run

/usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu

Or if not then

/usr/lib/firefox/firefox

You should be running 2.0 now. Check in the Help >About menu.

Now all you have to do is remove the old link.

sudo rm -rf /usr/bin/firefox

And create a new one

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu /usr/bin/firefox

Or, because firefox.ubuntu is just a link itself to /usr/lib/firefox/firefox, you could also do...

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

I hope this helps.

[Sgurd]

There's also a script that does it automatically:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firefox

I used the script on my Dapper box.

I have Firefox 2.0 in /opt but my html files all open in 1.5, 'Firefox Web Broswer' from the menu bar, 'firefox' from terminal, and the link in my panel all launch 1.5.

Where is this set at? And other default program settings? Thanks in advance - JD

[aysiu]

I used the script on my Dapper box.

I have Firefox 2.0 in /opt but my html files all open in 1.5, 'Firefox Web Broswer' from the menu bar, 'firefox' from terminal, and the link in my panel all launch 1.5.

Where is this set at? And other default program settings? Thanks in advance - JD
Try pasting these commands in the terminal--see if it makes any difference. sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/firefox
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox

[Sgurd]

Try pasting these commands in the terminal--see if it makes any difference. sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/firefox
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox

Worked wonderfully; Thank you! - JD

[Sgurd]

I can run Firefox once, but if I close it and try to open it again I get:
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/3406/closefirefoxcx2.png (http://imageshack.us)


I wouldn't mind goin' back to 1.5 for now. I can use the uninstall script I'm sure. Do I need something to reverse these commands:

sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/firefox
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox

[aysiu]

Here's the reverse: sudo rm /usr/bin/firefox
sudo dpkg-divert --rename --remove /usr/bin/firefox
sudo rm /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox
sudo dpkg-divert --rename --remove /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox

[Sgurd]

Thanks Again- JD

[mishranurag]

Help Please!! I cannot read hindi on this firefox 2.0, and I cannot remove firefox 2.0 either!!

[aysiu]

Help Please!! I cannot read hindi on this firefox 2.0, and I cannot remove firefox 2.0 either!!
I don't know anything about reading Hindi, but you can remove Firefox 2.0 by following these instructions (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxNewVersion#head-51054869b8a40ea50859b0163c806e76f882499c).

[cement_head]

Is This thread a joke ?

well, I laughed until I cried :)

[kroiz]

I think I may have and idea. It worked for me.

Close all your Firefox windows and run

/usr/bin/firefox.ubuntuOr if not then

/usr/lib/firefox/firefoxYou should be running 2.0 now. Check in the Help >About menu.

Now all you have to do is remove the old link.

sudo rm -rf /usr/bin/firefoxAnd create a new one

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu /usr/bin/firefoxOr, because firefox.ubuntu is just a link itself to /usr/lib/firefox/firefox, you could also do...

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefoxI hope this helps.

Thanks that worked!
I wonder, how is it, that I needed to close firefox in order for this to work?
also I guess I now also have the old version. how do I uninstall it please.

[wapowell]

Has anyone that also uses SCIM updated to FF2 on Dapper? I tried to run the script from http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firefox. It says everything went fine, but fF crashes as soon as I try to launch it. So I uninstalled it. Then I was looking at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxNewVersion and I see warnings about needing to manually build firefox if you are using SCIM, but I can't find the information about the rebuild.

Has anyone tried this yet?

-Bill

[mishranurag]

Thanks aysiu! I could remove firefox 2.0 from my computer. I wonder how will we get the 2.0 packages from repository!

[sKuarecircle]

Try pasting these commands in the terminal--see if it makes any difference. sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/firefox
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox

This worked for me as well. shot

[antonjah]

Thanks alot, finally!

[mokmoki]

hmm, tried this one out, but when i run /opt/firefox/firefox and go to Help->About Firefox, version says its still 1.5.0.7? i downloaded the firefox-2.0.tar.gz, so its supposed to be version 2 right?

[mokmoki]

update: sorry, just forgot to restart firefox after install... thanks for the guide!

[notoriousdbp]

Just one comment - I would have hoped that Dapper with it's "Long Term Support" would have had this in the repositories by now. It's time the developers made good on their promise of "Long Term Support" and sorted this out. Am I the only one who think Dapper has been left behind a bit lately?

[matthew]

Just one comment - I would have hoped that Dapper with it's "Long Term Support" would have had this in the repositories by now. It's time the developers made good on their promise of "Long Term Support" and sorted this out. Am I the only one who think Dapper has been left behind a bit lately?I think you have misunderstood what is meant by "long term support." Ubuntu will make sure that Dapper receives security updates for 3 full years on the desktop and even longer on the server. This does not have anything to do with the latest software releases, just stability and security. If you want the latest packages you will have to hope it gets backported, learn to do this yourself, upgrade to the newest version of Ubuntu, or learn how to install/compile software. Sorry.

[eeried]

I would have hoped that Dapper with its "Long Term Support" would have had this in the repositories by now. It's time the developers made good on their promise of "Long Term Support" and sorted this out.

Precisely

I think you have misunderstood what is meant by "long term support." Ubuntu will make sure that Dapper receives security updates for 3 full years on the desktop and even longer on the server. This does not have anything to do with the latest software releases, just stability and security.

Okay, that's what I suspected. But this is not very coherent: you can't have security without software update, especially with FF. FF updates have a lot to do with security, and some with enhanced features. We, long time Dapper users won't have any security updates for FF 1.5.07 because there's no 1.5.0.8.

With Dapper TLS, Ubuntu seems to be able afford to go the mandriva trend : buggy early releases. Xubuntu Edgy, for instance, is released with an Xfce-beta -- is this necessary??

Don't mistake me I really enjoy Ubuntu but I'm a bit disappointed. Just explain to us what's the use of this Dapper *LTS* on desktop (server is a different thing)? Sorry if this is be quite OT.

[aysiu]

Okay, that's what I suspected. But this is not very coherent: you can't have security without software update, especially with FF. FF updates have a lot to do with security, and some with enhanced features. We, long time Dapper users won't have any security updates for FF 1.5.07 because there's no 1.5.0.8. Quite to the contrary, there might be. In fact, historically, that's what Ubuntu has done. For example, when 1.5.0.6 came out, Ubuntu didn't even create a 1.5.0.6--it just patched 1.5.0.5.

Ubuntu promises security updates. If there are further security flaws discovered in Firefox, they will patch them. My understanding is that including Firefox 2.0 will somehow disturb the stability of Dapper. But if they have to patch 1.5.0.7 to make it 1.5.0.8, they will, even if Mozilla doesn't.

[eeried]

If there are further security flaws discovered in Firefox, they will patch them. My understanding is that including Firefox 2.0 will somehow disturb the stability of Dapper. But if they have to patch 1.5.0.7 to make it 1.5.0.8, they will, even if Mozilla doesn't.

What a lot of work for the Dapper team, then!

Firefox 2 installed from the Mozilla binaries works fine on my Xubuntu but I'm not questioning the Dapper team's knowledge!

cheers

[aysiu]

What a lot of work for the Dapper team, then!

Firefox 2 installed from the Mozilla binaries works fine on my Xubuntu but I'm not questioning the Dapper team's knowledge!

cheers
See--that's the thing, though. Mozilla binaries aren't part of the Ubuntu system; they're "installed" separately in their own directory.

[Ulysses]

Quote:
Originally Posted by aysiu View Post
Try pasting these commands in the terminal--see if it makes any difference.
Code:

sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/firefox
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox

Hey

Worked for me, too.
Like a charm.

Can this be made into some kind of script that you can point and click and make available? I'd do it, but I'm stupid. That's why I come here so I can hang out with the smart guys.

RAR

[aysiu]

Hey

Worked for me, too.
Like a charm.

Can this be made into some kind of script that you can point and click and make available? I'd do it, but I'm stupid. That's why I come here so I can hang out with the smart guys.

RAR
Yes, there's a script that nanotube has worked very hard to create. It's available here:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firefox

We also have a thread about it (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1741607), where we discuss developments, propose new features, and test out new versions of the script.

[bader]

Hmmmm....looks like for some reason /opt/firefox/firefox-bin didn't get the executable bit set.
run this in a terminal.

sudo chmod +x /opt/firefox/firefox-bin

That sould get firefox running.

I tried this and it did not work.

Do I have to download a special version of firefox for PPC, I am running ubuntu on a Mac G3.

Thanks

Bob

[aysiu]

I tried this and it did not work.

Do I have to download a special version of firefox for PPC, I am running ubuntu on a Mac G3.

Thanks

Bob
That makes a big difference, actually.

The .tar.gz in question is specifically for x86 computers, not PowerPC.

[vanishedsoul]

thanks guyz for this howto, it really helped :)

now, one more thing, i first had 1.5.0.7ver of firefox and in trying to install firefox2 i messed it up. Now the firefox2 is up and running the old firefox still exist and the html file which i have saved in my pc dont open with the firefox2, so everytime i have to drag and drop filea in the browser. So is there a way i can make the firefox2 to run the html file bu default??

[steven4220]

Hi,

I hope this thread is still working as being new at this I seem to have made a mistake and do not want to make it any worse.

I pasted and copied per the directions but I think I missed the following:
1. the unpacking part.
2. I copied and pasted but missed the change dir. (it did not past).

the only thing I can find relating to firefox is a locked firefox symbol in my root directory. I was going to delete it but was not allowed to. I suspect that it may be the original firefox 1.5.0.7. Is that where it is supposed to be?

I guess I'm just not ready to do this on my own yet.

I am using 6.06LT and the 1 piece of good news is that everything seems to be working in spite of myself.:confused: :confused:

[aysiu]

Frankly, the HowTo in this thread is a bit too complicated for new users, I think.

Try this script instead:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firefox

Only two commands to copy and paste, and it asks for locale, downloads the .tar.gz for you, and fully integrates it with your Firefox launcher and plugins.

[sevenworth]

is there any way to install firefox 2 using apt-get or synaptic on dapper?

I want to completely replace 1.5

[aysiu]

is there any way to install firefox 2 using apt-get or synaptic on dapper?
No.

[sevenworth]

No.

Any reason why? Will the repositories be updated anytime soon?

[aysiu]

Any reason why? Will the repositories be updated anytime soon?
Too many dependency problems.

If you want Firefox 2.0 in Dapper, your best bet is this script:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firefox

If not, upgrade to Edgy or stick with 1.5

[sevenworth]

do you know if at least eventually new software like this will become available on the repository?

[Abiezer]

I upgraded successfully to FF 2.0 using the script linked in this thread. I see there's security upgrades to FF 1.5 available this morning. Just checking that installing them won't affect FF2 - is that right?

[BooVeMan]

Hi,
eventually FF2.0 will have to make in into Dapper Drake, as ther is 3 years of support for 6.06 and FF will only be supported until somewhere into 2007.
... but who wants to wait that long :-)

[durant1958]

Long Term Support = Doing things that the maintainers really really think are a bad idea and really really don't want to do.

Mark Gosdin

[aysiu]

Hi,
eventually FF2.0 will have to make in into Dapper Drake, as ther is 3 years of support for 6.06 and FF will only be supported until somewhere into 2007.
... but who wants to wait that long :-)
Actually, I think they'll just keep patching any further security holes that pop up in Firefox 1.5

[tOpEzz]

want to upgrade your firefox to firefox 2.0 ?? i found some interesting website, check this out ---> http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firefox

[aysiu]

want to upgrade your firefox to firefox 2.0 ?? i found some interesting website, check this out ---> http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firefox
I don't see how this HowTo offers any advantages over the script in that link. The script offers tighter integration, still allows you to launch Firefox 1.5, has fewer steps to get you set up, and has an easy way to uninstall 2.0 should you wish to do so.

If you want to do a lot more steps to understand what's going on, you'd be far better off following these instructions:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxNewVersion

By the way, all the posts regarding the stability of upgrading to Edgy have been moved to this thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=305862).

[dcstar]

do you know if at least eventually new software like this will become available on the repository?

Optimised (for your particular CPU) builds of FF 2 (Swiftfox) are available by adding this repository:

deb http://getswiftfox.com/builds/debian unstable non-free

It can't get much simpler than using the standard package tools.

[st14n]

Optimised (for your particular CPU) builds of FF 2 (Swiftfox) are available by adding this repository:

deb http://getswiftfox.com/builds/debian unstable non-free

It can't get much simpler than using the standard package tools.

I used to manually download and install the deb-packages for Swiftfox myself. Don't know why, this is much simpler. From their homepage: "Compatibility with other distros that are Debian based is not tested, so it might work or it might not." Well, it seems to work:-) But, what are the downsides (if there are any) with using a repository made primarily for Debian?

[figo2476]

Hi:
Firstly, I downloaded firefox 2.0 from mozilla website, since the link above it is not working.

Then I extracted it to opt/firefox

When I run opt/firefox/firefox, it popped up firefox 1.5. Does it indicates that the command is pointing to the 1.5 version? I remembered I download firefox 2.0.......

Regards

[aysiu]

Try this link:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firefox

[figo2476]

Run this ./installnewfirefox.sh

I got:
The most recent release of firefox is detected to be 2.0. Please make sure this is correct before proceeding. (You can confirm by going to http://www.mozilla.com/) Is it correct [y/n]? y
Please choose the localization (language) for firefox. Enter the number of your choice from the list below.
Enter your choice of localization:

What is the localization for firefox? Am I supposed to get a list, so that I can input some numbers?

[aysiu]

Localization has to do with geography and language. I live in the US and speak English, so I select EN-US. If I lived in England, I'd select EN-GB.

[figo2476]

I forgot to tell you, this is the only text I got by using the script.
So I don't what to enter.

The most recent release of firefox is detected to be 2.0. Please make sure this is correct before proceeding. (You can confirm by going to http://www.mozilla.com/) Is it correct [y/n]? y
Please choose the localization (language) for firefox. Enter the number of your choice from the list below.
Enter your choice of localization:

[aysiu]

That's odd. I just downloaded the script, and this is what I get.

[figo2476]

Not sure. Automatix2 doesn't have firefox2 entry, either.

[paladin_knight]

Hello Mr. BsWilson

I followed the code your code to install the plugins in firefox2.0 but the "command not found". I am working in the root directory i guess. I am a newbie in Linux. :D