[ubuntu-in] install firefox 3.5

[Bryan Quigley]

If you don't care about branding, you can just install the firefox-3.5
package that's in universe.  It will show up as "Shiretoko" (the devel
codename) but it really is just Firefox 3.5

On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 1:37 AM, Gora Mohanty <gora at sarai.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:39:59 +0530
> Raseel Bhagat <raseelbhagat at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 12:34 AM, stranger in black.....
> > <gnuise at gmail.com>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
> [...]
>
> I would recommend using the ppa packages instead. Add the following
> lines to /etc/apt/sources.list:
> deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
> deb-src
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
>
> Then, do:
>  sudo aptitude update
>  sudo aptitude install firefox-3.5
>
> Be warned that this package is under active development, and seems
> to generate 10+MB of updates every few days.
>
> Regards,
> Gora
>
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