Firefox Ubuntu Install

Installation Of Current Stable Release On Ubuntu
There are certain parts of Ubuntu that force the installation of the Canonical packaged Firefox - which points to /usr/lib/firefox-3.x.x/firefox.sh. This will most certainly not be the latest version.

These instructions will install the latest version side-by-side with the packaged version. You will then change the symbolic link to make use of it.

This guide is primarily for Ubuntu users and shows how to install the latest version of Mozilla Firefox which is not available through the Synaptic Package manager. It is possible to install a Mozilla repository but this then access the latest nightly builds which are not guaranteed to be stable.

Download the latest version of Firefox from the here.

 Note:  Where you see YOUR_FILENAME_HERE replace it with the name of the file you have downloaded.

Open a terminal and change directory to where you have downloaded the file from Mozilla, then run the following commands:

sudo tar jxvf YOUR_FILENAME_HERE.tar.bz2 -C /opt/ sudo chown -R root:root /opt/firefox/ sudo chmod -R 755 /opt/firefox/ cd /usr/bin/ sudo ln -sf /opt/firefox/firefox firefox

To create a menu entry, open a terminal and run the command:

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop

Add the following text:

[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=Firefox Comment=Browse the World Wide Web Exec=/opt/firefox/firefox Icon=/opt/firefox/chrome/icons/default48.png Terminal=false Type=Application Categories=Application;Network; StartupNotify=true

Save and close gedit

Firefox can be found under Applications → Internet → Firefox.

You will need to add the icon for the start menu.

Open a terminal and type:

sudo su - root

Enter the password for your current profile

cd /opt/firefox/icons/ cp mozicon128.png /usr/share/pixmaps