firefox 4.0

[raymond house]

Thanks Ralph, I'll wait, and thanks to all who supplied info.I tried to use
the link you have sent but I cant get to the upgrade part! I'm not sure what
I'm doing so I'll wait.

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Ralph Janke <txwikinger at ubuntu.com> wrote:

>  I am not sure if it will be officially backported to lucid or maverick. I
> would assume it should be available
> in natty when it comes out. However, since is my guess, I have not looked
> up
> any official statements.
>
>
> On 03/25/2011 10:25 AM, raymond house wrote:
>
> 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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