HowTo Install the Latest Firefox in Ubuntu (Ultimate HowTo)

[shakin]

This install should not harm your existing Firefox installation. This basically walks you through the official Firefox installer and is mainly for the benefit of people who are worried that it might harm their system or that they might do it incorrectly and overwrite their existing Firefox version.

Let's roll...

Backup your firefox profile, just in case the new version corrupts it (nothing bad happened to my profile).

$ cd ~/.mozilla
$ tar -cMf firefox.tar firefox/

Now install Firefox 1.1 Alpha 1.

$cd ~
$ wget ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/deerpark/alpha1/linux-i686/en-US/deerpark-alpha1.installer.tar.gz
$ tar -zxf deerpark-alpha1.installer.tar.gz
$ sudo firefox-installer/firefox-installer

Installer wizard (custom install):

1. Click Forward
2. Click Accept
3. Select Custom for install type
4. Click Forward
5. Click "Yes" to create the directory
6. Select any components you want to install.
7. Click Forward.
8. Click Install.

Run Firefox 1.1

$ /usr/local/firefox/firefox

Use the above executable when making a shortcut. Do *not* use the firefox-bin executable.

[Kyral]

Works perfectly! I heart much

[pdk001]

i will try it thx guy

[vassalle]

great tip! tried it but somehow the plugins are not in there.. any shortcuts on how i can get the working plugins in my old firefox to work with the new firefox 1.01 ?

[shakin]

great tip! tried it but somehow the plugins are not in there.. any shortcuts on how i can get the working plugins in my old firefox to work with the new firefox 1.01 ?

Plugins or extensions?

Plugins like Flash Player are in ~/.mozilla/plugins and should be shared. I'm not sure about Java or mplayer... I haven't checked those yet.

Some of your extensions will be disabled until you update them. TabBrowser prefs and all-in-one gestures were disabled for me until I clicked the update icon in the corner of the browser window. Greasemonkey is still disabled until they release an update.

[notos]

i have made this (instaled it in /opt/deerpark) rember its a alpha and should be installed for Testing Propouses Only you should make it clear for newbie users

[JimmyJazz]

how do I remove it so i can use the regular version?

[shakin]

how do I remove it so i can use the regular version?

You need to update your shortcuts so intead of pointing to '/usr/local/firefox/firefox' they just point to 'firefox'.

You can also remove the /usr/local/firefox directory if you want to reclaim the disk space.