Updating Firefox 2 in Ubuntu Edgy

Support for edgy expired 25th of april --- I recommend that you upgrade to Hardy (the current LTS version).

I recommend that you consult the following guides:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardyUpgrades

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/UpgradeFromOldVersion

I hope it helps :)

Regards, Trygve

I would prefer to stay with Edgy for now... but thanks
Still need to know if the ubuntu Firefox is the same
for different versions of Ubuntu..... best regards....

If you go to http://packages.ubuntu.com, you can search for an application and see which versions of the package are in which version of Ubuntu.

For Firefox it says:

    * dapper 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.15~prepatch080614d-0ubuntu1

    * dapper-updates 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.15~prepatch080614d-0ubuntu1

    * feisty 2.0.0.16+0nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.4

    * feisty-updates 2.0.0.16+0nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.4

    * gutsy 2.0.0.16+1nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10

    * gutsy-updates 2.0.0.16+1nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10

    * hardy 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3

    * hardy-updates 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3

    * intrepid 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2

(ref. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=firefox&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all )

So no, in Feisty / Gutsy uses Firefox 2.x, and Hardy / Intrepid uses 3.x

I hope this was the answer to your question :)

Regards, Trygve

The latest Firefox-2 is http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html

Firefox 2.0.0.x will be maintained with security and stability updates until mid-December, 2008. All users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to Firefox 3.

If you want to try Firefox-3 installing it by had please try from terminal:

cd ~
wget http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0.1/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-3.0.1.tar.bz2
tar xjvvf firefox-3.0.1.tar.bz2
./firefox/firefox

Then create a desktop launcher icon...

Great.... Thanks a lot.... I downloaded the 2.0.0.16 version
from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html now I just need to use it to update manually.... I tried running firefox in root
but update was still grayed out. How do I implement this update ??
Thanks a lot......were almost there best regards....

The Firefox you just downloaded is a complete copy of Firefox, and is not applyable on the one you have installed. You can simply just unpack it and run it as it is. (Create a launcher pointing to the firefox-binary). It's an effective approach, but the downside is that you have to maintain updates manually.

I have a suggestion;

You can try using a .deb from a Feisty. Hopefully it will work nicely --- but you may have a dependency-problem. Here's a link;

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/f/firefox/firefox_2.0.0.16+0nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.4_i386.deb

I hope this helps :)

Regards, Trygve

Ok thanks a lot that definitely answers my question....

If it didn't pan out.... with the .deb can it be undone ??

thanks very much for the help ! :)

Thanks a lot.... best regards