Firefox 3

[leonel]

Felipe DOMINGUEZ wrote:
> Hello
> In hardy-updates there is only release candidate 1 ( 3.0~rc1 )
> not the last version. ( unless I am wrong )
>
> thank any way.
>
> cheers
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:53 PM, leonel <ubuntu at enelserver.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Felipe DOMINGUEZ wrote:
>>     
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> I have Firefox 3 rc1 installed on Ubuntu 8.04
>>> today Firefox 3 final version is available for download.
>>>
>>> How can I update to this new version?
>>> I have try with add/remove software, but it does nothing, them I try to
>>> reinstall it with Synaptic Package Manager, but it  does not make any
>>> difference,.
>>>
>>> I have downloaded it form the web. I get a bz2 file which I uncompress,
>>>       
>>  but
>>     
>>> I do not know how to proceed or if I should proceed.
>>>
>>> it is not a package to install  and it have a few executables like
>>> firefox-bin.
>>>
>>> how can I know that this is a compiled version for Ubuntu/devian?
>>> is it save to  run the firefox-bin?
>>> should I just wait until a version for firefox 3 is available from the
>>> Ubuntu repository? and when this happen, how do I know it ?
>>>
>>> thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Felipe
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Just  apt-get update  and  apt-get upgrade     it's on hardy-updates
>>
>> Leonel
>>
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I've just updated  after reading  this :

http://www.asoftsite.org/s9y/archives/141-firefox-3-final-copied-to-hardy-updates.html


leonel at journey:~$ dpkg -l |grep firefox
ii  firefox                                    
3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1      meta package for the popular mozilla 
web bro
ii  firefox-3.0                                
3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1      safe and easy web browser from Mozilla
ii  firefox-3.0-gnome-support                  
3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1      Support for Gnome in Mozilla Firefox
ii  firefox-gnome-support                      
3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1      meta package pointing to the latest 
gnome-su
ii  mozilla-firefox-locale-en-gb               
2.0.0.7+1-0ubuntu4                 Mozilla Firefox English 
language/region pack


Maybe your mirror isn't updated yet


Leonel