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 <div class="gmail_quote"> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 1:37 AM, Gora Mohanty <<a href="mailto:gora@sarai.net">gora@sarai.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:39:59 +0530 Raseel Bhagat <<a href="mailto:raseelbhagat@gmail.com">raseelbhagat@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 12:34 AM, stranger in black..... > <<a href="mailto:gnuise@gmail.com">gnuise@gmail.com</a>>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 </div>[...] I would recommend using the ppa packages instead. Add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu" target="_blank">http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu</a> intrepid main deb-src <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu" target="_blank">http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu</a> 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 -- ubuntu-in mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in</a> </blockquote></div>