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firefox-3.5 package

FF 3.5 in Karmik RC shows 3.0.6

Asked by Peter Nagy

Binary package hint: firefox-3.5

In Karmik Coala the FF browser reports 3.0.6 for extensions and it shows the same version number on Help->About... page.
$lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Telepítve: 3.5.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu6
  Jelölt: 3.5.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu6
  Verziótáblázat:
 *** 3.5.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu6 0
        500 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ firefox -v
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6, Copyright (c) 1998 - 2009 mozilla.org

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This question was originally filed as bug #461142.

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Micah Gersten (micahg) said : 		#1

Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. Could you please post the output of :
 ls -l `which firefox`

Thanks.

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Peter Nagy (antronin) said : 		#2

Sure here it is:

$ ls -l `which firefox`
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2008-06-21 11:10 /usr/bin/firefox
-> /opt/firefox/firefox

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Micah Gersten (micahg) said : 		#3

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug.

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Micah Gersten (micahg) said : 		#4

You apparently installed a custom version of Firefox in /opt/firefox which replaced the /usr/bin/firefox link, you can change the default firefox back to the official one by using the following command:

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 /usr/bin/firefox

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