[ubuntu-uk] Re: firefox

[Martin Meredith]

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However, because of the Version Freeze, Ubuntu is stuck at version 1.0.2
of Firefox, unless you use Backports

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports gives you instructions on how to
use backports

matthew.east.ubuntu at breathe.com wrote:
> simon baker writes:
> 
>> Hello from Deutschland,
>>   yes,I live here,believe it or not.!
>>  I am trying to migrate from windoze
>>  at the moment,and have the internet
>>  up and running,but the browser given
>>  is Firefox 1.02.
>>  I have downloaded version 1.04 ,so,
>>  next how do I upgrade the old one?
>>                       pip pip simon
> 
> 
> Hi Simon,
> You do not need to upgrade your version of firefox by hand: Ubuntu's
> package manager will do this for you. Just open it up
> (Menu->System->Administration->Synaptic) and select "Reload" and then
> "Upgrade all". This will update firefox to the latest version, which has
> the relevant security fixes.
> The greatest thing about linux is that you don't need to manually
> download programs any more!
> Matt
> 

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