Installing Firefox 3.6 "Namoroka"

[collinp]

NOTICE: This tutorial is made for the latest stable release at the time of writing, Karmic.
NOTICE #2: Due to the way the firefox-stable PPA works, it and as effect, this tutorial will upgrade the currently installed version of Firefox to Firefox 3.6.

This is a tutorial on installing Firefox 3.6 "Namoroka" on Ubuntu.

This tutorial is divided into three sections:

• Section 1: Installation
• Section 2: Removal
• Section 3: Troubleshooting

Section 1 - Installation

Open up a Terminal window (Applications - Accessories - Terminal). Type in the following commands, in order, entering your password when needed (if one of them throws an error DO NOT continue with the installation. Post the error here.):

echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu/ `lsb_release -cs` main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/firefox-stable.list
echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu/ `lsb_release -cs` main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/firefox-stable.list
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys CE49EC21
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox

That command above does the following:

• Adds the Ubuntu Mozilla Daily Build PPA to your sources.list
• Imports the GPG key used to sign the packages contained in the above said repo
• Updates your package cache
• Pulls and installs Firefox 3.6 (will upgrade your previous version of Firefox)

Section 2 - Removal

If, for some reason, you don't want Firefox anymore and want to completely remove it, execute the following commands:

sudo apt-get remove firefox && sudo apt-get autoremove

If you just want Firefox 3.5 back, execute the following in a terminal:

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/firefox-stable.list && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install firefox

If, at any time, you wish to reinstall Firefox 3.6, re-execute the commands listed under "Installation".

Section 3 - Troubleshooting

Problem: My Firefox 3.6 install imported my plugins, but I can't use any of them! It says they are incompatible with my version!

Solution: Until the plugin author supports development releases and/or your firefox release, you have to install the Nightly Tester Tools addon.

NOTE: If you follow on with these directions and enable plugins not designed for your release, you may damage or destroy your Firefox profile. Use at your own risk.

In Firefox 3.6, navigate to: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6543
Click "Add to Firefox" when the page loads, and click "Install" in the popup window. Restart Firefox 3.6, then click "Tools - Add-ons". Click "Override All Compatibility". Restart Firefox 3.6 again.

If that did not work, you may have to go through and click "Enable" on all of the addons you wish to enable.


Problem: My themes don't work!

Answer: Follow the same directions as with plugins, but click the "Themes" tab once you open the Add-ons window, and click "Override all compatibility", then click "Use This Theme" next to the theme you wish to use, then restart.


Problem: Java does not work!

Answer: From what I can tell, the "classic" Java plugin does not work. As such, you will need to manually install the "Next-generation" plugin (see http://support.mozilla.com/nl/forum/1/554389).


Problem: I have a problem that is not listed here!

Answer: Go ahead and post your problem in the thread, and I will do my best to answer it or point you in the right direction.

[PatrickMB]

Bash: /etc/apt/sources.list: Permission denied

That's the response I get in the terminal when trying to execute your first step.

[drubin]

echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 247510BE && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install firefox-3.6

That command above does the following:

Hey nice tutorial but the preffered way of adding ppa's or any other 3rd party repo's is not to add them to /etc/apt/sources.list but rather /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ppa.list.

echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozdaily.list && echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozdaily.list && sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 247510BE && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install firefox-3.6

[/QUOTE]

As for the permission denied that has to do with the permissions and content redirection. see above fix for that

All I changed was the default location to follow standards and make upgrading generally easier. (One shouldn't add 3rd party stuff to sources.list) and fixed the permissions on echo'ing to root owned files.

testing

[drubin]

I would also recommend posting each command as a separate step. With the && the next command only gets executed if the first was completely successful. If there was an error with any of of the commands it would be extremely hard to work out which one.

Other then that nice tutorial.

testing

[collinp]

Ah, thanks for your input drubin! That also caught and fixed the "Permission denied" problem that I saw a person above was having.

[drubin]

something you can change to make this tutorial work with the older versions of ubuntu is .

echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu `lsb_release -cs` main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozdaily.list

That will output the codename is karmic jaunty/intrepid/hardy I am pretty sure the daily ppa's have builds for the older versions they did for 3.5.

[psych1610]

n/m I did it wrong. Thanks!

[SilverWave]

A new command in Karmic makes it easy to add a repository for a ppa and its key.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa

Then install as below:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox-3.6

[ccleanerfan]

With Firefox 3.6 beta 5, I can't use the java plugin with it.

[collinp]

With Firefox 3.6 beta 5, I can't use the java plugin with it.

I've been having the same problem. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find a fix for it yet. Rest assured, I'm working as hard as I can to find one soon.

If I can't, it will probably be fixed in the final release or, hopefully, sooner.