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Install Firefox 3.5 in Ubuntu 9.04 using Ubuntuzilla

11 points by tan1337 17y ago

andyking 17y ago
This blog post is just copied verbatim from: http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2009/07/15/install-firefox-35-in-ubuntu-904-using-ubuntuzilla/ http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2009/07/15/install-firefox-35-... - except the original has a better written introduction.
- tan1337 17y ago
  Well the blog includes the original author. Only the steps are copied here, not everything.
thenduks 17y ago
My version: - wget http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.5&os=linux&lang=en-US http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefo... - make && sudo make install - change symlink at /usr/bin/firefox to point to new binary
- tan1337 17y ago
  Will the updates work in this case ?
  - gasull 17y ago
    No if you mean the Ubuntu updates for Firefox. The add-on updates will.
    - tan1337 17y ago
      No i mean the firefox updates!
    - tan1337 17y ago
      No i mean the firefox updates!
  - thenduks 17y ago
    You just follow the exact same procedure again to update.
- nailer 17y ago
  make checkinstall. That way you get a proper package.
nailer 17y ago
Why can't I just visit firefox.com, have it detect my OS, and provide a dpkg to install? Firefox seems to dedicate less resources to Linux than OS X and Windows. That may be in keeping with their market share, but its certainly not doing their fellow Open Source brethren any favors.
- DEinspanjer 17y ago
  We offer a tarball for Linux that contains a command line installer. The problem is you just requested a dpkg. Others might want a .deb or a .ipackage or a .rpm or any other package flavor. There are fewer package management systems than there are Linux distros, but that doesn't mean there are still a lot. Additionally, distros tend to want to manage the package building themselves. Some groups want to add in tweaks or configuration templates. Others want to include their own pages or optimizations. We can't logistically consider trying to manage all that centrally, nor would we want to take the control away from those distros. So, I agree, you do get a slightly less comfortable distribution mechanism for the browser. You get additional control and choice depending on the distro you chose though. What Mozilla does endeavor to do is make sure that the core code works well on all three platforms. That is where we feel it is most valuable to dedicate our resources.
  - nailer 17y ago
    How is a non-hacker end user supposed to run a tarball? How are they supposed to know what the installer is? Why make it so hard? Why can't Firefox do what Skype and Miro do (below)? * If the user string contains Windows, provide an MSI. In these OSes, if you click on a MSI package, it installs. * If the user string contains OS X, provide a install image. In these OSes, if you click on an install image, it installs. * If the user string contains Debian or Ubuntu, provide a dpkg. In these OSes, if you click on an dpkg, it installs. * If the user string contains Fedora, RHEL or SuSE, provide a rpm. In these OSes, if you click on a rpm package, it installs. * Anything else gets a menu with all the above options.
    - dmhouse 17y ago
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defrex 17y ago
uh, apt-get install firefox-3.5 Works like a charm for me. Flash too.
- jfno67 17y ago
  Yes it works (that is what I did too), but the user-agent is: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090701 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Shiretoko/3.5 GTB5 I don't care and don't mind waiting for the meta-package to point to 3.5, but maybe some do.
ieatpizza 17y ago
Wow, the major underlying flaws of Linux really come out when you try to do a simple thing like update Firefox! Repositories and software managers is the only way to ensure that Linux will not compete with Windows.

11 points by tan1337 17y ago

This blog post is just copied verbatim from: http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2009/07/15/install-firefox-35-in-ubuntu-904-using-ubuntuzilla/ http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2009/07/15/install-firefox-35-... - except the original has a better written introduction.

tan1337 17y ago
Well the blog includes the original author. Only the steps are copied here, not everything.

thenduks 17y ago

My version: - wget http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.5&os=linux&lang=en-US http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefo... - make && sudo make install - change symlink at /usr/bin/firefox to point to new binary

tan1337 17y ago
Will the updates work in this case ?
- gasull 17y ago
  No if you mean the Ubuntu updates for Firefox. The add-on updates will.
  - tan1337 17y ago
    No i mean the firefox updates!
  - tan1337 17y ago
    No i mean the firefox updates!
- thenduks 17y ago
  You just follow the exact same procedure again to update.
nailer 17y ago
make checkinstall. That way you get a proper package.

nailer 17y ago

Why can't I just visit firefox.com, have it detect my OS, and provide a dpkg to install? Firefox seems to dedicate less resources to Linux than OS X and Windows. That may be in keeping with their market share, but its certainly not doing their fellow Open Source brethren any favors.

DEinspanjer 17y ago
We offer a tarball for Linux that contains a command line installer. The problem is you just requested a dpkg. Others might want a .deb or a .ipackage or a .rpm or any other package flavor. There are fewer package management systems than there are Linux distros, but that doesn't mean there are still a lot. Additionally, distros tend to want to manage the package building themselves. Some groups want to add in tweaks or configuration templates. Others want to include their own pages or optimizations. We can't logistically consider trying to manage all that centrally, nor would we want to take the control away from those distros. So, I agree, you do get a slightly less comfortable distribution mechanism for the browser. You get additional control and choice depending on the distro you chose though. What Mozilla does endeavor to do is make sure that the core code works well on all three platforms. That is where we feel it is most valuable to dedicate our resources.
- nailer 17y ago
  How is a non-hacker end user supposed to run a tarball? How are they supposed to know what the installer is? Why make it so hard? Why can't Firefox do what Skype and Miro do (below)? * If the user string contains Windows, provide an MSI. In these OSes, if you click on a MSI package, it installs. * If the user string contains OS X, provide a install image. In these OSes, if you click on an install image, it installs. * If the user string contains Debian or Ubuntu, provide a dpkg. In these OSes, if you click on an dpkg, it installs. * If the user string contains Fedora, RHEL or SuSE, provide a rpm. In these OSes, if you click on a rpm package, it installs. * Anything else gets a menu with all the above options.
  - dmhouse 17y ago

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defrex 17y ago

uh, apt-get install firefox-3.5 Works like a charm for me. Flash too.

jfno67 17y ago
Yes it works (that is what I did too), but the user-agent is: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090701 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Shiretoko/3.5 GTB5 I don't care and don't mind waiting for the meta-package to point to 3.5, but maybe some do.

ieatpizza 17y ago

Wow, the major underlying flaws of Linux really come out when you try to do a simple thing like update Firefox! Repositories and software managers is the only way to ensure that Linux will not compete with Windows.