Firefox versions

[Neil Winchurst]

Donn wrote:
>> I also have v3 in the repositories. Is it possible to have both versions
>> installed at the same time and to choose which one to run? 

> Yes. I installed 3 manually (downloaded from mozilla) and run it from my ~/bin 
> directory. I made an icon for it with this command in it:
> /home/donn/bin/firefox/firefox -no-remote
> 
Perhaps when you installed it manually you could choose where to install 
the file and place them somewhere other than the usual. I am wondering 
if, by installing v3 via Adept, I would be overwriting some of the v2 files.



> I also have profiles working and made a FF3 profile so I can now run FF2 and 
> FF3 at the same time. You will have to fiddle with profile a little, they're 
> odd.
> 
> To get the profile screen, run :
> firefox -a blah
> 
> Use 'blah' to get it to ask what profile you want. You can use any 
> gobbeldygook as long as it's not a profile in the list.
> 
> hth
> \d
>