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wizzo50
February 10th, 2010, 07:57 AM
How do I execute firefox 3.6.tar.bz2 file to upgrade my firefox 3.5.7?

meho_r
February 10th, 2010, 08:00 AM
If you downloaded tar.bz2, you should only extract it and run Firefox from the folder you get after extraction. However, that will not update your existing FF 3.5.7.

I'd recommend this (http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-firefox-3-6-stable-from-ubuntu-ppa.html) approach.

crichard
February 10th, 2010, 08:08 AM
How do I execute firefox 3.6.tar.bz2 file to upgrade my firefox 3.5.7?

Try this (http://surferzworld.com/?p=193) to use firefox tar.bz2 file.

FYI,Firefox optimization and troubleshooting thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1193567)