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Need to downgrade to firefox 3.6 and not sure what to do

Asked by Steven Ray

WARNING I'm pretty much a Linux/Ubuntu Noob!

I upgraded firefox in Lucid but now I can no longer use the google toolbar which means I can't access my google bookmarks. So, I want to downgrade back to firefox 3.6. I have a file in my downloads folder that I downloaded from mozilla: firefox3.6.20.tar.bz2

How exactly do I install this? I expanded it so I also have a folder labeled firefox with all kinds of files in it but I don't know what to do with them or how to run an installer on it

I uninstalled the upgraded firefox already. Any help would be appreciated.

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bhaskar (hinduvsp) said : 		#1

It's better to upgrade things inorder to things work smoothly. Anyway i can suggest some procedure and follow inorder to bring your firefox to older version.

1. First remove the new firefox by using command sudo apt-get remove firefox
2. Now you can go to your downloads folder by changing directory using cd Downloads/
    you must take care while typing of D in Downloads and it's capital alphabet and remaining are lower alphabets.
3. Now you can extract the tar file using tar jxvf firefox3.6.20.tar.bz2
4. If the tar file not extracted by using the above command then alternatively right click on the file firefox3.6.20.tar.bz2 and click on extract here. Now the tar file will be extracted in Downloads folder.
5. Now change the directory to folder you extracted using command cd firefox3.6.20.tar.bz2/
6. Now use following commands inorder to install firefox:
./configure
make install
install

If the procedure doesn't work please post another message to work someone else.

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Steven Ray (steveray100) said : 		#2

I did not do this method because I was able to do it through the software center which I didn't think I could do. So for all I know this method would have worked fine. Thanks bhaskar. And although I ddidn't use it your instructions were very helpful in showing me how to install a tar file. Thank you very much for the tips.