How to Install Firefox From Tarball

How to Install Firefox From Tarball


INSTALL FIREFOX FROM TERMINAL


                                 There are 6 easy steps to install Firefox from Tarball

1. Download Firefox

Download Firefox

Save it in "Downloads" directory  in your home directory.



2. Extract this firefox-10.0.tar.bz2 archive  using following commands

$ cd ~/Downloads

$ tar -xjf firefox-10.0.tar.bz2

3. Remove previously installed Firefox(if any) , using

$ sudo  rm -r  /opt/firefox

4. Move the Extracted Firefox directory to /opt directory using

$ sudo mv firefox /opt/firefox10

5. Set up symbolic link

a. If you want to use firefox10 as your default browser , then use

"Back-up" your old firefox launcher

$ sudo mv   /usr/bin/firefox   /usr/bin/firefox-old

create symbolic link pointing to new version

$ sudo ln -s   /opt/firefox10/firefox  /usr/bin/firefox

Your old Firefox version is still installed. If you want to use it, run firefox-old in a terminal 


b. Keep your old firefox as your default

create symbolic link pointing to new firefox version

$ sudo ln -s  /opt/firefox10/firefox  /usr/bin/firefox10

Launch the newly installed Firefox by running firefox10 in a terminal.

6. Update

Firefox10 will automatically manages its own updates.

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