Ubuntu :: Easy Way To Update Firefox?
Jun 25, 2010
I've never quite understood why they won't like Firefox just update on it's own. Instead it appears all of the FF updates always have to come through the update manager. 3.6.4 has been out since Tuesday and while I can go to the FF website and grab the tar of the new version I'd rather you know just upgrade my existing version like I've already easily done in Windows.
Seriously if this was a security flaw update and we had to wait this long you'd think people would be up in arms. Luckly 3.6.4 is mainly just extra functionality.
Still am I just left at the mercy of whenever it appears in the update stream or is there an easy way to update what I already have installed verses having two versions of FF?
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Mar 22, 2011
Firefox Stable PPA provides the latest Firefox stable builds for Ubuntu 9.10, 10.04 and 10.10. This repository that provides the latest Firefox 4.0 stable.
Add the PPA using these commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable
sudo apt-get update
Then if you have Firefox installed, you will get an update for the latest Firefox 4, the package name isn't named "firefox-4.0" like it is now in the Mozilla Daily PPA but simply "firefox", so it is simply a case of updating. I have done this and it works perfectly.
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Jan 26, 2010
I currently have a VPS(virtual private server) that runs Slackware 12. The image was made way back in 2007, and obviously it hasn't been updated.The version is VERY minimal, it doesn't even have all the packages from A, but I can get any I want and install as I wish.Is there an easy way to update 12 to 12.2? Going to 13 is probably out of the question without a clean install over a network and doing it remotely, which is probably beyond my capabilities.I can't mess with the kernel unfortunately, but I can install practically any packages.
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Nov 20, 2010
I am looking at satellite navigation (for the car) and wonder which one (TomTom, Garmin etc.) is easiest to update with Linux. I assume I would want to update maps, speed cameras etc. every few months. Also which system offers the most free services? I don't want to find I have to pay extra for this that and the other; I just want a one-off cost that includes the basics/most common services.
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Nov 16, 2009
Recently I have installed Fedora 10. It comes with firefox 3.xx by default. Now I was wondering if there is any way through which i can update it to 3.5 version though yum. I have tried yum update firefox but it did not work and returns following messages Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit Setting up Update Process No Packages marked for Update I know that one way to update is download the latest Tar package and use it, but I want to totally remove my previous installation and use solely one package i.e. firefox 3.5.
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Nov 18, 2009
After several site:centos.org searches on Google and not finding anything remotely related to this question, I ask, how do I update Firefox 3.0 to Firefox 3.5 without losing any of my settings, history, bookmarks ,etc.?
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Apr 14, 2010
How can I make the security applet stop showing an update for firefox 3.5.9? I have a more recent version installed from mozilla repo: firefox 3.6. The mozilla repo already has a higher priority (95 instead of 99), so I don't know what to do.
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May 28, 2010
Today, I try to update firefox by Package Updater but show error by bellow. "Missing Dependency: xulrunner >= 1.9.0.19-1 is needed by package firefox-3.0.19-1.el5.centos.x86_64 (CentOS5updates)"
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Jan 21, 2010
This may be a stupid question, but I'm slightly confused on how to update to firefox 3.6. usually there's a .deb package i can install, but the sit doesn't offer one. synaptics doesn't seem to give a clear answer either.
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Jul 2, 2010
I am using ubuntu karmic, 9.10
I am trying to update to Firefox 3.6, using the following commands
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa
sudo apt-get update
Exiting firefox closed before final command
graham@graham-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install firefox-3.6
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
[Code]....
I find the browser is still 3.5.9
Checking the /etc/bin file there are 2 entries, one being firefox and the other firefox-3.5
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Feb 18, 2010
i had just installed an update which had alot to do with firefox via Ubuntu update manager. Every time I browse the web and i want to go forward a page or back Firefox freezes every time. Ive tried restarting my comp with no luck.Has anyone had this yet and is there a way round it other that reinstalling.
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Feb 27, 2010
To update Firefox should I use the Ff installer each time or is there better way to do it ?
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Mar 23, 2010
I just got Clear Internet and when I used the PPA from Ubuntuzilla I could see the update was available but it said "A recomended security and stability update is available, but you do not have the system permissions to install it. contact your system adminstrator or try again from an account that has permission to access from this computer". Why would a change in isp's do this, it is not logical, is it?
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Mar 30, 2010
I have just installed ubuntu. how to update firefox 3.5 to 3.6?
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Apr 7, 2010
The software updating icon is showing that there are updates for firefox. However, when I go to update them, I receive this error:
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozi...armic_i386.deb
404 Not Found
Anyone know how to fix this problem?
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Apr 12, 2010
Two days ago I did a regular update and since then I can't start Firefox. When I start it nothing happens and when I start it again I get the following message "Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process , or restart you computer". I did them both, closing the process and rebooting but I got the same problem again. When I log off I get the following message in the file below. I almost forgot I'm using UBUNTU 9.10 !
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Jun 23, 2010
it's been quite a while since firefox 3.6.4 was released and yet i don't see any update and it seem to be that there is nothing in the stable ppa of firefox that i found.
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Aug 18, 2010
Ran the update manager and now I can not select text in Firefox. Works in Chromium and Text editor.
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Jan 8, 2010
Just got the latest Updates which included Firefox 3.5.7I open FF on this machine and all I get is the attached imageWhen I try to expand it, all I get is a blank screen...I have updated 6 other machines without this issueI recall this happening one time before but I cannot recall the fix
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Jan 30, 2010
have Firefox version 2 and would like to update to 3.5. Have Ubuntu 8.04.
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Feb 27, 2010
I never use firefox because I use opera however I am really bored and I want to play around with my firefox however I have already ran into a problem, my problem is that firefox does not let me update to 3.6. I am currently using 3.0. How can I update my firefox? I use ubuntu 9.04.
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May 4, 2010
I've been having problems with the Update Manager ever since it tried to install an update for firefox a few days ago. I'm on Hardy, and I tried to completely remove the firefox package using Synaptic, and re-installing it, and I always get the same error. Maybe it might have something to do with ubuntuzilla? I know I used that a while back to install Firefox 3.5/3.6, since the only one I was getting from the package manager was 3.0. Anyway, here is the error:
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/firefox_3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~mfs~hardy2_i386.deb: trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/firefox', which is also in package firefox-mozilla-build
I can't make heads or tails of this
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Jun 30, 2010
This morning my Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy box was all Hardy. The Update Manager told me to install some updates, which included a Firefox 3.6.6 update. That update failed to install, and now I everytime I click on the panel launcher or go to "Applications," then "Internet" and then "Firefox" I get the following error: Could not launch menu item Failed to execute child process "firefox" (No such file or directory)
Note: When running Firefox from Terminal:
Code:
jonathan@ubuntu-desktop:~$ firefox
The program 'firefox' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install firefox-3.0
bash: firefox: command not found
[Code].....
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Jul 15, 2010
The update manager always tells me to update my firefox (all plugins included - never works as it should be). I decided to install it directly form moz. This works - I think it's my hardware. How can i get rid of the "update manager" to include firefox.
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Jul 20, 2010
I have recently upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 from 8.04. It installed Firefox 3.6.6, and now I and many others have no sound in any internet online javascript games nor in anything else that uses javascript for sound on the internet. I also have one site with a small javascript video issue (fails to fully load a gif image that is loaded by javascript).
The upgrade gave me the openjdk for java. I had no sound as described with firefox 3.6.6 and js. I uninstalled that and installed the sun-java6. This did not help. The problem is not java at all. It the fault solely of that version of Firefox. I also messed up someone else's Hardy 8.04 by allowing their computer to also upgrade to this version of Firefox. This was the only thing upgraded- the only change.
Does anyone know how to revert to Firefox 3.5 or even 3.1? I need all the steps. I have to do this in both Ubuntu 10.04 and in Ubuntu 8.04. It is unacceptable to wait for Mozilla to put out a browser update that really works. It may never happen.
I also need to know how to prevent the 3.5 from being upgraded through update manager after I get a working version back.
I found a work around for the Firefox problem in 10.04. that was to install the Google Chrome Browser which does work with javascript sound. That browser is also very fast. I cannot do this for the other computer having Ubuntu 8.04. It is not in synaptic package manager like it is in 10.04. I still want it in the computer that has 8.04 if Firefox can't be fixed.
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Nov 10, 2010
I recently did an automatic update of the Firefox web browser. Before it had sound, but now it doesn't. So I installed SeaMonkey. SeaMonkey has sound and so do all the other applications. Can't get Firefox to play sound though.
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Mar 7, 2011
On Lucid after yesterday's upgrade to Firefox 3.6.14, Java isn't working properly.On a website that I often use, the navigation buttons are appearing erratically - either not at all (just white spaces) or some are present but others are not. They work perfectly with Chrome.I have sun-java6-jre, sun-java-bin and sun-java6-plugin installed, and the latter is enabled in Firefox.
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Sep 1, 2011
I've had this happen three times and only since a firefox update yesterday. When I try to shutdown using the shutdown icon on my desktop, it goes to the splash screen and there it sits.
When I shutdown via terminal, it closes down just fine.
Has anyone else experienced this or have any other suggestions? I will undo that update tomorrow being that i need a break from the computer screen.
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Aug 26, 2010
I have installed ubuntu 10.4 using virtual box (a tool similar to vmware). The problem is I m very familiar to firefox's window counterpart as the update is very simple. I have also observed that the preference part of firefox is under edit tab which is not in case of window's (Its under tools). How would I upgrade my firefox?
Firefox version on ubuntu.:3.6.8
Firefox version on windows:3.6.3
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Feb 25, 2010
I am using kubuntu 9.10 64-bit on AMD M500 machine I had installed the 64-bit special package for flash But after i updated firefox it cannot detect the flash while opera still does Would i have to reinstall (i would already have if it were straightforward)
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