Installing Firefox 3.0.15 beside 3.5.4 on Karmic

[Chris Jones]

On 30 Oct 2009, at 8:43pm, Mike.lifeguard wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Karmic has Firefox 3.5.4, but I require the use of several extensions
> which are not yet compatible with that version. How can I install  
> 3.0.15
> alongside the new version? The standard respositories for Karmic don't
> seem to have any 3.0 versions, and I'm unsure if it is OK to put a  
> line
> in sources.list for Jaunty. I haven't been able to find a 3.0.15  
> package
> in a PPA either. Surely there is a package I can install somewhere?

How about just downloading the tar ball from the mozilla site

http://www.firefox.com/

Unpack it into your home area and just run it from there, until your  
extensions become 3.5 compatible ?

Chris