firefox 4.0

[raymond house]

Ralph, when do you think this new version will be officially released, I
checked synaptics and update manager and don't see it.

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Ralph Janke <txwikinger at ubuntu.com> wrote:

>  Probably not. I have no idea what has been downloaded. If it
> is the sources, they need to be build first.
>
> If it is binaries, I would not know for which Linux distro, kernel, libc
> etc it was build.
>
> Furthermore, we do not know if all libraries that FF4 depends on are
> already
> installed.
>
> The safest way to install software on an Ubuntu system is to use packages
> that
> are build against the particular Ubuntu release is to use the official
> archives, or a launchpad ppa where you can find packages before they are
> officially released for instance.
>
> The package manager will then ensure that all dependencies that are missing
> are installed too, and that the binaries are build against the right
> libraries.
>
> -Ralph
>
>
> On 03/25/2011 10:06 AM, Chris wrote:
>
> Can you not right click on the file and run with....  (Drawing a blank
> here?)
> Thats what I do.
> I don't use extract
> Chris.
>
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Ralph Janke <txwikinger at ubuntu.com>wrote:
>
>>  As Darcy said:
>>
>>  Here's an explanation on how to do that:http://askubuntu.com/questions/6339/how-do-i-install-firefox-4/612
>>
>> Darcy.
>>
>>
>>  Which explains
>>
>>  Firefox 4.0 is available for 10.10 and 10.04.
>>
>> Go to Applications -> Ubuntu Software Center -> Edit (Menu) -> Software
>> Sources -> Other Software (tab) -> Add and then paste
>> ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable and then perform an upgrade.
>>
>> Or you can just use the command line method for installing it:
>>
>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable
>> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
>>
>>  -Ralph
>>
>>
>> On 03/25/2011 09:52 AM, raymond house wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Ralph, launchpad ppa ??
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Ralph Janke <txwikinger at ubuntu.com>wrote:
>>
>>>  You should rather use Firefox from the launchpad ppa than downloading a
>>> non-packaged version of it.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 03/25/2011 09:42 AM, raymond house wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi everyone, I'm trying to put Firefox 4.0 in the computer,I have
>>>> downloaded it and it opens all the files in the archive manager but then I
>>>> don't know what to do with it, how do I get it to replace 3.6 that I have
>>>> now?? thanks.
>>>>
>>>
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