As I’m sure you’re aware, Firefox 3.5 was officially released.
I had been using the beta version previously, but had a bit of trouble updating to the final release. The main obstacle I ran into was that I use a 64-bit build of the browser, along with 64-bit plugins for flash and java. I wanted a way to update to the final release via my package manager, and it wasn’t too difficult.
The first thing I tried was adding this repository for nightly builds of Firefox, as it seemed to be the most common solution given at the time to the question of installing the latest Firefox release:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
That ended up getting me 3.5.1pre, which is not what I wanted. I don’t want the nightly builds of Firefox — I want the stable, final release.
After a bit more digging, I found the solution. I removed the above line and added this line to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/fta/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
… ran sudo apt-get update to update the package list with the information from the new repository, then sudo apt-get upgrade to check for updates on installed software. For me, this upgraded the firefox-3.5 package, which I already had installed previously to run the beta.
For those of you who didn’t have the package already, you just need to add the above repository then install “firefox-3.5″ and “firefox-3.5-gnome-support” (with sudo apt-get install firefox-3.5 firefox-3.5-gnome-support), and the package manager will take care of installing all the dependencies.
If you want to use a 32-bit version of Firefox (or, I should say, if you already are and have no reason to change), I recommend you use Ubuntuzilla to manage your Firefox installation. It will automatically download and set up the latest Firefox release, and monitor it for updates.
Now I’m enjoying the latest Firefox release! It isn’t really earth-shattering, seeing as how I’ve been using the previous versions as they’ve worked up to this one, but it’s still a damn nice browser.
EDIT: I should add that the above instructions will leave you with a program named “Shiretoko,” with Firefox 3.0 still installed along-side it. This is what you want. If you open the “About Shiretoko” page you should see “Version 3.5.” This is Firefox 3.5, just going by a different name.
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Worked like a charm!
Just wanted to add that you should import the key for the repo with:
gpg –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv 632D16BB0C713DA6
and
gpg –export –armor 632D16BB0C713DA6 | sudo apt-key add -
Thanks and keep it comming
whats the key and how do i get the FILE for it to install it ?
please edit your post to include a FILE that contains the key
@Henning Evers
Thanks. I usually don’t bother with authentication keys, but it’s generally a good idea to add them.
Firefox is an overrated browser, all told. Opera performs much better than Firefox in 64-bit Linux.
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