upgrading to firefox 1.0 through apt?

tiiim ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org
Thu Jan 6 08:42:16 UTC 2005


Senectus . Wrote: 
> On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 18:16:41 -0500, tiiim <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> wrote:
> > 
> > wallijonn Wrote:
> > > You will need to first install through SPM -> libpng3
> > >
> > > To install DOM, you'll need to install through SPM ->
> > > liblinc1
> > > libbonobo-activation
> > > libbonobo-activation4
> > >
> > > Then you can "dpkg -i" the Debian packages.
> > unless ur of cause one of us ppc users in which case u either need to
> > use the hoary sources or google around to find a ppc deb version! If
> > you end up going to firefox site on the ppc it thinks ur a pc not
> good
> > for installing.... i personally just waiting for either a backport
> ppc
> > version or maybe use hoary for it but still thinking its not a rush
> the
> > next release of Ubuntu will be soon.
> I'm not sure if this was mentioned before or not.. but there is a much
> easier way to do this.. use the backports project..
> add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list
> deb http://ubuntu-bp.sourceforge.net/ubuntu warty-backports main
> universe
> 
> then update and upgrade though either apt-get or synaptic..
> 
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otherwise take grave caution if you gonna do it the old fashion way if
you muck up it does have the protential to screw up your firefox.... if
u did do that have the Ubuntu cd to hand so u can downgrade.


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tiiim




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