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Unzip and install a tarball tar.gz file to install firefox 2.0.0.2 into Kubuntu

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Eric Lundeen (technovictor) said : 		#1

How do I do this step by step?

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Jeff Greene (jeffgreene) said : 		#2

Firefox should be installed by default, is there a specific reason why you need version 2.0.0.2?

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Eric Lundeen (technovictor) said : 		#3

Hi Jeff,

thanks for answering. The version of firefox that is currently on the system is firefox 1.5.0.10. In going to the firefox central site...it talks about firefox 2.0.0.2 as being the latest updated version of firefox that should be used due to vulnerabilities that have been fixed. Updating firefox through Ubuntu's update manager only brings it to 1.5.0.10. My understanding was that this should be upgraded to the latest version. Is that incorrect?

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Best Nori Tama (nori.tama) said : 		#4

Hi ,

Now the latest version of Firefox is 2.0.0.2, but at the same time,
mozilla foundation is maintaining former Firefox 1.5.0.x for security
update and for some bugs. And the 1.5.0.10 is the latest one in the
1.5.0.x line I suppose.

Thus you do not have to update to Firefox 2.0.0.2, as far as your
concern is only on security reasons.

If you want to upgrade to 2.0.0.x for some new features on Firefox.
Then unpack the tar.gz file you have downloaded and follow the
instructions mentioned in the archive files.

The way how to unpack tar.gz is as follows.

$ tar zxvf [your file name].tar.gz

ant you will find [your file name] directory is created in the
current directory. then

$ cd [your file name]

and

$ ls

then you will find, some files like README or INSTALL. Reading these
files you will know how to install Firefox 2.0.0.2.

Have fun!

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Eric Lundeen (technovictor) said : 		#5

Thank you Nori,

I did not realize that I could get security updates on the present version of firefox that would make it comparable to firefox 2.0.0.2 from a security standpoint. There are no features that I am aware of that would make it necessary to move the newer firefox as long as this version is secure.

Thanks again,

Eric