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I have Firefox 1.0.4 on my pc. I thought of upgrading it to the latest 1.0.7. The installation went perfect but what happened is the old version still resides and ...
  1. 10-14-2005 #1
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    Firefox Installation

    I have Firefox 1.0.4 on my pc. I thought of upgrading it to the latest 1.0.7. The installation went perfect but what happened is the old version still resides and when i typein "firefox" at console or if i choose "firefox" from the menu i get the old version which is 1.0.4!!

    How come? How to make my new version 1.0.7 as the latest or how to get rid of of 1.0.4?

    Quick help will be greatley appreciated
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    You need to change the symbolic link /usr/bin/firefox to point to the new installation. Erase /usr/bin/firefox, figure out exactly where the new firefox exectuable is, and then do this
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    su -
<your password>
cd /usr/bin
ln -s /where/ever/you/put/the/new_executable firefox
exit
    After doing this, typing "firefox" should bring up the latest version, and you are free to delete the old version.

    Good luck
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    Great! It worked really well Thanx a lot mate I am luving Linux esp Debain
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    Sorry to bother you Smolloy. Can you please tell me how to find the old version of my Firefox 1.0.4 through command line so that i can delete the old version?
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    Quote Originally Posted by exploder
    Sorry to bother you Smolloy. Can you please tell me how to find the old version of my Firefox 1.0.4 through command line so that i can delete the old version?
    Through the command line?? Hmmm..... Try "whereis firefox" or try using the find command. On my Suse box, the original firefox was somewhere in /opt/Mozilla or something like that.
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    You should uninstall it via apt (package manager). It should delete all the related files.
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    firefox issue

    Quote Originally Posted by borromini
    You should uninstall it via apt (package manager). It should delete all the related files.
    that's right, apt-get should remove all old files for you.
    To make it esaier, if your system has "Synaptic" installed, then you can do a search for "firefox" then upgrade it. when Debian Sarge firefox is called "mozilla-firefox". However if you have sid or etch installed then it's just called "firefox". Hope that helps...
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