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How to update the Firefox3.6 to 4.0 in the linux, not install!

Asked by coolesting

how to update the FF3.6 of the linux to FF4.0+ ,
i want to through the command "apt-get " to update rather than download and install,

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Here is how to install Firefox 4.0 BETA:

http://digitizor.com/2010/09/04/install-firefox-4-ubuntu/

As far as I know, you cannot do an upgrade from a stable release (Firefox 3.6) to a BETA release (Firefox 4 beta) in Ubuntu.

But you can keep 2 separate versions of Firefox installed side-by-side.
To ensure that you always have a stable release of Firefox available, Ubuntu creates a separate launch icon for Firefox 4 BETA and a separate icon for the stable release (v3.6).

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coolesting (coolesting) said : 		#2

OK, thanks to mark, i waiting for the stable release of the firefox 4.0

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Jeb E. (jebeld17) said : 		#3

Or you can just install Wine and install the Windows version then. This way, you will have BOTH versions on your computer