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How to install firefox 3 on ubuntu 7.10

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I want to install firefox 3 on ubuntu 7.10. After downloading the tar.gz file how should I install it so that it gets installed and I can run it from applications>internet>firefox web browser.

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plumb16001 (plumb16001) said : 		#1

you can update to the 8.0 ubuntu fromthe 7.10 like i did and it will automatically put firefox 3in

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#2

Hello

Give this command and try

wget -P ~ ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/3.0b3/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-3.0b3.tar.bz2 && tar xjf ~/firefox-3.0b3.tar.bz2 -C ~

Before you run Firefox, you may want to back up your profile from Firefox 2. I haven’t had any problems sharing the profile besides a home button being added to my bookmarks toolbar. Just don’t let Firefox 3 update update your extensions when it starts to avoid incompatibilities. This command will back up the Firefox profiles folder to firefox_profile_backup in your home folder:

cp -r ~/.mozilla/firefox/ ~/firefox_profile_backup

Restore from the backup by replacing the firefox folder from the hidden (go to your home folder and press cntrl+H to view hidden files) .mozilla folder with the backup.

Regards

Bhavani Shankar.

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nopedx (nopedx) said : 		#3

I was having the same question as Nitin when I stumbles across your response.

An act of providence? thanks...

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Mary B (pureblood-jadoogar) said : 		#4

I download it and that was a .tar.tar file. I extracted it to my system. But I don`t know how to install it. help me please!

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