Showing posts with label firefox on linux. Show all posts
Showing posts with label firefox on linux. Show all posts

Friday, February 15, 2013

Install or Upgrade Latest version of Mozilla Firefox On Ubuntu






Download latest stable version of firefox.
click here

If there is a directory name 'firefox' in /usr/lib, Rename it to old.
$ mv /usr/lib/firefox /usr/lib/firefox_old

 Extract your downloaded compress file and put it in /usr/lib
$ tar -xvf  firefox-new-version.tar.gz
$ mv  firefox-new-version /usr/lib

Now open it and make a link of filename 'firefox'.
   To make link, right click on the file and click 'Make Link'

 Now put this link file into /usr/bin and make sure it's name is 'firefox'.
$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/firefox-new-version/firefox /usr/bin

 Now open firefox, it will open the latest version.

 Now you don't have to upgrade every time for latest version.
   Once you put the latest version , firefox is upgraded automatically, if it gets internet connection.

 If you want to know that your version is updated or not.
   In firefox menu, click on Help -> About firefox.
   If your version is not updated, it starts upgrading.

But above step does not help you in upgrading, if your version is too much old.
   Example: you are using 6 or 7 and current version is 15.

Enjoy firefox on Ubuntu