HOWTO: Update Firefox to 1.5.0.1 and change the logo to the real one at the same time

[Pu7o]

To change the Firefox logo and upgrade Firefox to 1.5.0.1 at the same time, execute the following commands:

sudo su -
apt-get install libstdc++5
cd /usr/lib
rm -rf mozilla-firefox
wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.5.0.1/linux-i686/en-GB/firefox-1.5.0.1.tar.gz
tar xzvf firefox-1.5.0.1.tar.gz 
rm firefox-1.5.0.1.tar.gz
mv firefox mozilla-firefox
exit

Don't forget to restart firefox as soon as this is done!

[Freddd]

Thanks a lot, this helped me

[goombah88]

i just wanted to point out that this guide doesn't work if you installed firefox 1.5 using automatix. it installs to /opt/firefox/ not /usr/lib/ so it doesn't use the mozilla-firefox folder. if you could provide instructions for upgrading using automiatx's install i think that would really benefit a lot of people.

[dvrs]

If I run
'whereis firefox' iI get /usr/bin as opposed to /usr/lib. Presumably this is the directory I need to use instead of /usr/lib?

dvrs.

[m.h.shams]

dear friends,

can i download firefox tar.gz file on my pc, and then install it on ubuntu ?

i the answer is true, how can i uninstall previous release ?

thanks. all

[afx]

No, the files are still (should be) in /usr/lib. whereis command finds only the executable...

Another question, I installed firefox using automatix and moved all of the data from /opt/firefox to /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox... should the update work?

[afx]

dear friends,

can i download firefox tar.gz file on my pc, and then install it on ubuntu ?

i the answer is true, how can i uninstall previous release ?

thanks. all

how did you install your previous version? with automatix or adept?

[m.h.shams]

how did you install your previous version? with automatix or adept?

i just install ubuntu, today. and firefox 1.0.7 was installed with it.

[goombah88]

No, the files are still (should be) in /usr/lib. whereis command finds only the executable...

Another question, I installed firefox using automatix and moved all of the data from /opt/firefox to /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox... should the update work?

afx, i did this earlier. and to make a long story short it hosed firefox. i just finished restoring my computer from a backup. gotta love those backups.

that's why i posted earlier asking for help, cause i used automatix too.

[Gandalf]

Just commenting on one thing about this tutorial, in fact, When a user begin to use ubuntu and specially if he is already a linux user and knows all about su, the command "sudo su -" will remind him of that, and he may end up using su after setting a root password, so let's forget all about su, and use "sudo -s -H" instead, it is not hard to keep it in mind and at least, the user will stay happy and will never go back to su...

-IMHO