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Hi guys. I hope everything is going well for you. I'm using Linux Mint Debian Edition. I see that the latest version of firefox is out and I would like ...
  1. 03-27-2011 #1
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    Question How to manually upgrade to firefox 4.0

    Hi guys. I hope everything is going well for you.

    I'm using Linux Mint Debian Edition. I see that the latest version of firefox is out and I would like to try it. Problem is, it probably wont show up in my package manager for a long, long time.

    So I thought I would try to manually install it. I downloaded it and untar'ed the zip fie correctly. Then I copied over my old firefox directory with this one. Didn't work. The old firefox was still getting loaded up. I've done some research and it looks like i have to create a link. I don't know how to do this.

    Any help would be appreciated. take care,

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    On my lighter installs like Puppy and AntiX. If I want to run Iron Browser or Firefox 4 as a static install. I unzip/extract the Firefox .bz2 file. I move it to /home or /opt.

    Then create a seperate launcher depending on where I install it. in /opt the command is

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    /opt/firefox/firefox
    I also use the Icon in the firefox folder I extracted for the launcher icon.

    For /home

    Code:
    /home/<user name goes here>/firefox/firefox
    You might have left overs on old firefox install is why old Firefox is launching. To totally uninstall firefox in Debian and start from scratch. In terminal as root

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    apt-get -purge remove firefox
    I run Iceape. So that is why when I install another browser Outside of Synaptic package manager. I just run it alone by itself from extracted folder. This philosophy works for me in Puppy when I want to run the latest Seamonkey also.

    Edit: You might also want to look for a binary .deb pkg for Debian which you can install with gdebi or dpkgk -i command also. It will handle overwriting old Firefox also. I think Debian Sid has a package. I will google it.
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    Err, Iceweasel latest is all I can find for Debian (Forgot). I also forgot LMDE is not really totally Debian philosophy. Sorry.
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    Installing Firefox 4RC2/Final on Mint Debian - Linux Mint Community

    Obviously, change to the final release, but otherwise the above guide should work.
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    this worked perfectly on 64 bit LMDE
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    You could also go the ppa route.

    Except we're talking the Debian Mint. Doh. That's why I didn't post that the first time, but the old brain goes.
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    thanks "reed9", saved my life
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