How to upgrade Firefox in Linux

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From the computer of: arvind9november (1 recipe)
Created: Jan 31, 2007     Updated: Feb 01, 2007


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This is for linux users only. When it comes to upgrade the firefox from lower version to upper version I could not find the standard way to do it. This is what I did.

This is for linux users only.

Go to firefox site to see the latest updates. e.g.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html

download firefox.xx.tar.gz

untar and unzip the file:

tar xvfz firefox.xx.tar.gz


You will see a firefox directory in it.

On your terminal type:

whereis firefox


it will give - /usr/bin/firefox and /usr/lib/firefox

Go to /usr/lib (cd /usr/lib)

You will see the firefox directory there. Replace this firefox directory with what you have got from download.

Restart firefox.

Latest version is installed. Enjoy.

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