firefox 4.0

[James]

It will definitly be available for 10.04 LTS, just when, I don't know, maybe
in 10.04.3?

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:38 AM, raymond house <raymondh40 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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