[fsug-calicut] Re: [ubuntu-in] install firefox 3.5

  • From: "stranger in black....." <gnuise@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Ubuntu India Local Community <ubuntu-in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:07:38 +0530

On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Raseel Bhagat <raseelbhagat@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Download the firefox tarball.
> Untar it with :
> tar zxvf firefox.tar.gz
> Backup your original firefox :
> sudo mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox.orig
> Make a softlink to your version :
> sudo ln -s <path to your firefox>/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

But where should I copy the firefox folder ( I mean inside / )?

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On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Raseel Bhagat <raseelbhagat@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 12:34 AM, stranger in black..... <gnuise@xxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
>
>> i have dowloaded the tar.gz version of firefox. How to install it in
>> ubuntu? I know to use it via terminal  with the command ./firefox. I need to
>> install it to /usr/bin/............
>> ..............................
>>
>
> Download the firefox tarball.
> Untar it with :
> tar zxvf firefox.tar.gz
> Backup your original firefox :
> sudo mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox.orig
> Make a softlink to your version :
> sudo ln -s <path to your firefox>/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
>
> Thanks,
> Raseel.
>
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