update firefox 3.5.3

**Soul-Sing** · October 28th, 2009

Firefox 3.5.3 comes with a major security-update.
Using this version, and installed this version in this way: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firefox, please update firefox 3.5.3 via

Code:

gksudo firefox

to firefox 3.5.4 as mentioned. (on the site)

**Sarmacid** · October 28th, 2009

You should be extremely careful trying to run firefox as root. You're giving it the power to do whatever it wants.

**lovinglinux** · October 28th, 2009

There is no need to update to Firefox 3.5.3 if you are using Firefox 3.0.x. The 3.0.x series is updated automatically in Ubuntu Jaunty when a new security patch is released and it is the recommended method of update.

**Soul-Sing** · October 28th, 2009

You should be extremely careful trying to run firefox as root. You're giving it the power to do whatever it wants

Code:

gksudo firefox

is the/a way to update firefox 3.5.3 ==> 3.5.4 (outside the off sources)
after that you are able to update via the update manager within firefox. There is no intention to run firefox as root......(there is no way to update firefox without sudo rights)
After the update firefox should run as usual.
Again this is the way to update firefox after using this method:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firefox
perpectly safe imho.

**lovinglinux** · October 28th, 2009

Originally Posted by leoquant

Code:

gksudo firefox

is the/a way to update firefox 3.5.3 ==> 3.5.4 (outside the off sources)
after that you are able to update via the update manager within firefox. There is no intention to run firefox as root......(there is no way to update firefox without sudo rights)
After the update firefox should run as usual.
Again this is the way to update firefox after using this method:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firefox
perpectly safe imho.

It seems now that you are referring to an update from Firefox 3.5.3 to Firefox 3.5.4, but your first post says Firefox 3.5.3, which has been released for a while, comes with a security update.

**Soul-Sing** · October 28th, 2009

There is no need to update to Firefox 3.5.3 if you are using Firefox 3.0.x. The 3.0.x series is updated automatically in Ubuntu Jaunty when a new security patch is released and it is the recommended method of update.

indeed no need at all, but if a member
has via the psychocatway the 3.5.3 version, this version is not updated at all by ubuntu! So this is why I put this forward, you have to update this version yourself.....to 3.5.4.

**phillw** · October 28th, 2009

Originally Posted by lovinglinux

There is no need to update to Firefox 3.5.3 if you are using Firefox 3.0.x. The 3.0.x series is updated automatically in Ubuntu Jaunty when a new security patch is released and it is the recommended method of update.

I'm with you on that one ... Mind you, it was a WTF moment for me when it 1st popped Shiretoko on !!!

Phill.