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Why doesn't Synaptic under Ubuntu 7.04 show the new Firefox 3?

Asked by Thomas

I suppose I should upgrade Firefox 2 to 3. I suppose I should use Synaptic under Ubuntu 7.04 because it's easier than manual downloading and individual file manipulation. HOwever Synaptic shows only Vers. 2. Why doesn't it show the new Firefox 3?

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Using the http://packages.ubuntu.com/
searching for firefox-3.0
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=firefox-3.0&searchon=names&suite=feisty&section=all
i get no result...

So try to install Firefox-3.0 by yourself:

Please open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

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 jvvf firefox-3.0.1.tar.bz2
$HOME/firefox/firefox

then you can make a launcher (an icon) for Firefox3 ($HOME/firefox/firefox)

Hope this helps

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Thomas (thomas-thomasruddy) said : 		#2

Marcobra,

Thanks.