Comments on: Install Firefox 3 Beta 5 in Ubuntu with One Command

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:58:34 +0000

thanks & regards

By: cristian

cristian — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:56:06 +0000

thanks with you help i have firefox 3.6

By: Pubudu

Pubudu — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:15:31 +0000

Or can install it with one small script (with automatic updates)

http://www.earth-org.com/blogs/2009/08/install-genuine-firefox-3-5-latest-on-ubuntu/

By: Mick

Mick — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:59:31 +0000

@JackV – same problem here

By: JackV

JackV — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:58:30 +0000

I just download the firefox 3.5. I have tried the above command ./firefox at the directory. but it output ./run-mozilla.sh: 399: ./firefox-bin: not found. I just can’t solve this. look like there are no other people are having this similar problem

By: Barry Ogus

Barry Ogus — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:58:41 +0000

Umm, thanks.

Can you give instructions for going back to Firefox 2? IT was much more stable, and I’m not really sure what benefit FF3 brought?

By: Steffen

Steffen — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:33:09 +0000

Hi,

if I understand the how-to correctly, you should never install it the way described above!!!!

For security resons execution and ownership should be separated. That means a program could be excecuted by a user but not owned by him. Otherwise you have a heavy security issue.

You should install ff to /opt!!! Therefore you need root rights, e.g.

sudo mv /home/user/firefox /opt
…

And respectively create a starter to /opt/firefox/firefox.

By: ganduri de seara

ganduri de seara — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:13:28 +0000

[...] de a folosi Windwos XP in favoarea lui Ubuntu 7.10. Deja am reusit sa montez partitiile NTFS, sa instalez Firefox 3 Beta 5 si sa-mi configurez dupa plac cum sa arate (compiz cu efecte si fontul [...]

By: dogeatery

dogeatery — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:11:37 +0000

m_gol, I am having the same problem with Flash… only mine’s weirder. On some sites it works just fine, on others it tells me I need to install it, so I click the link to install and it then continues as though it’s never been installed. I’ve done this a dozen times I bet… and yes, I know to restart firefox after installation

By: m_gol

m_gol — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:00:51 +0000

I have 2 questions, the former more important for me:

1) I cannot use Flash in Fx3b5 in my Ubuntu 7.10. I made symbolic links to file:

/usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so (it exists, of course, as I installed Fx2 before)

in the following locations:

/usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins
/usr/lib/firefox-3.0b3/plugins
/usr/lib/firefox-3.0b5/plugins

as advised at many websites, but it changed nothing. Does anyone know where Fx3b5 searches this flash file? Or, at least, where to look for such an information?

2) Fonts in Fx3b5 looks terrible in my Ubuntu 7.10 – they don’t use system settings where I set hinting of fonts. Is there any way to change these sharp fonts to those I used to see in Fx2?