firefox 3.5 how do i loaded it on to my system

[blake7]

hi i have just down loaded 3.5 from the firefox site how do i gewt it to run.

[The Cog]

This is what I did:
Download the tar.bz2 file to my desktop. Then these commands:

cd Desktop
tar xjf firefox-3.5.tar.bz2
sudo cp -r firefox /opt/firefox-3.5
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/firefox /opt/firefox-3.5/firefox

This leaves the original firefox there, but links the new one into /usr/local/bin which is searched before /usr/bin and therefore takes precedence.

[lovinglinux]

For instructions on how to install Firefox 3.5 or upgrade the 3.0.11 version, check the Firefox Alternatives & Newer Versions section of the Firefox optimization and troubleshooting thread.

For a list of other threads talking about the same subject, visit http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1200781

[blake7]

this did not work any other iders

[Merk42]

this did not work any other iders

Which didn't work?
What happened when you tried them?

If you're running Jaunty and tried lovinglinux's idea, did you look in the GNOME Applications menu for Shiretoko, not Firefox, under Internet?

[ak331]

This is what I did:
Download the tar.bz2 file to my desktop. Then these commands:


This leaves the original firefox there, but links the new one into /usr/local/bin which is searched before /usr/bin and therefore takes precedence.

It is the same thing. it depends where you decompressed the folder and just point it to the place where it is located and now I have firefox 3.5 at three locations
/desktop/firefox
/user/home/firefox
/user/lib/firefox

no matter where the icon points to it. It will run that copy.

[lovinglinux]

It is the same thing. it depends where you decompressed the folder and just point it to the place where it is located and now I have firefox 3.5 at three locations
/desktop/firefox
/user/home/firefox
/user/lib/firefox

no matter where the icon points to it. It will run that copy.

Have you read the my reply on the other thread?

As I said, there is no /user/home folder or /user/lib/firefox, you are mixing things.

The folders or files you are referring to are /home/ak331/firefox, /home/ak331/Desktop/firefox, /usr/lib/firefox and /opt/firefox-3.5. There is also /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.11 and possibly /usr/lib/firefox-3.5

Please notice that I have replaced all user above with ak331 or usr to avoid confusion. You should replace ak331 with whatever username you use to login on Ubuntu, whenever it appears in the codes below.

So, delete these folders and files:

/home/ak331/firefox
/home/ak331/Desktop/firefox

Then run the command below to delete the file /usr/local/bin/firefox. This is a file path, not the same as the other firefox folders. This is because Linux doesn't need the extension most of the time, so when I write the path here it looks like a folder, but it is actually a file.

sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/firefox

How to run commands in a Terminal: Open "Applications >> Accessories >> Terminal", then type or paste the code (CTRL+SHIFT+V) and hit Enter. You might be prompted to enter your password. You cannot see it while you type, but it is there. Then just hit Enter again to run the command. Please do not run commands without knowing what they do. If you do not understand what a command does, ask for explanations.

Then this command:

sudo rm -fr /opt/firefox-3.5

Now run the following command:

sudo apt-get purge firefox-3.5

Then change the path of the firefox launcher (I know you know how to do it) to this:

firefox %u

Now click the Firefox launcher and check the version of Firefox. It should say Firefox 3.0.11. Basically we have reset all your changes.

Now, download this file and save in your home directory /home/ak331/
Don't put it inside any folder and don't extract it. Just save it there.

Then run this commands:

cp -R ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla.backup
sudo tar -jxvf firefox-3*.tar.bz2 -C /opt
rm firefox-3*.tar.bz2
sudo mv /opt/firefox/plugins /opt/firefox/plugins.backup
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins /opt/firefox/plugins
sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/firefox
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

Click the Firefox launcher and check the version of it again, it should say Firefox 3.5

That's it.

[steveneddy]

I thought that if you are running anything past Intrepid that you could just

sudo apt-get install firefox-3.5

or am I wrong

actually I run Hardy and I just added the ppa, did a

sudo apt-get update

then a

sudo apt-get install firefox-3.5

linky

[ak331]

Have you read the my reply on the other thread?

As I said, there is no /user/home folder or /user/lib/firefox, you are mixing things.

The folders or files you are referring to are /home/ak331/firefox, /home/ak331/Desktop/firefox, /usr/lib/firefox and /opt/firefox-3.5. There is also /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.11 and possibly /usr/lib/firefox-3.5

Please notice that I have replaced all user above with ak331 or usr to avoid confusion. You should replace ak331 with whatever username you use to login on Ubuntu, whenever it appears in the codes below.

So, delete these folders and files:

/home/ak331/firefox
/home/ak331/Desktop/firefox

Then run the command below to delete the file /usr/local/bin/firefox. This is a file path, not the same as the other firefox folders. This is because Linux doesn't need the extension most of the time, so when I write the path here it looks like a folder, but it is actually a file.

sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/firefox

Then this command:

sudo rm -fr /opt/firefox-3.5

Now run the following command:

sudo apt-get purge firefox-3.5

Then change the path of the firefox launcher (I know you know how to do it) to this:

firefox %u

Now click the Firefox launcher and check the version of Firefox. It should say Firefox 3.0.11. Basically we have reset all your changes.

Now, download this file and save in your home directory /home/ak331/
Don't put it inside any folder and don't extract it. Just save it there.

Then run this commands:

cp -R ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla.backup
sudo tar -jxvf firefox-3*.tar.bz2 -C /opt
rm firefox-3*.tar.bz2
sudo mv /opt/firefox/plugins /opt/firefox/plugins.backup
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins /opt/firefox/plugins
sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/firefox
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

Click the Firefox launcher and check the version of it again, it should say Firefox 3.5

That's it.

Thanks again. I guess mine was a round about way.

[lovinglinux]

I thought that if you are running anything past Intrepid that you could just

sudo apt-get install firefox-3.5

or am I wrong

actually I run Hardy and I just added the ppa, did a

sudo apt-get update

then a

sudo apt-get install firefox-3.5

linky

Jaunty comes with Firefox 3.5 beta (Shiretoko) in the repositories, but you need to add the ubuntu-mozilla-daily PPA if you want to update it to the final version. Final version became available in that PPA only a couple of hours ago.

Nevertheless, there are other methods, like using Ubuntuzilla or the one described on this thread. It seems the OP prefer this method.

I have tried the PPA and Ubuntuzilla. Both work like a charm, but I ended compiling from source and gained 30% in performance