HowTo Install the Latest Firefox in Ubuntu (Ultimate HowTo)

[aysiu]

thanks again aysiu and I hope Dapper is coming along nicely.

You're welcome. Once Dapper comes out, this script will be obsolete, actually.

[geeknation]

Works, yay! Thanks for the info!

[Sokraates]

Fireupdate 1.1 is out!

Fireupdate will now update your favorite browser to version 1.5.0.2.

To download the new script, please see the first post in this thread.

[morbid_bean]

Please help me!!!!

After a long day of playing with ubuntu for the first time i finnaly figured out how to set up my modem, and it worked!! Now i have another problem to deal with... i would like to install the newest firefox which is v. 1.5 and the defult v. i have in this ubuntu is 1.0.7. I have read the step by step guide on how to install it ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirefoxNewVersion ) and i somewhat get it but when it comes to the part where it says something like install it to opt/firefox or extract files to there i cant do it because i dont have permission to extract the files there. And im wondering how the heck do i fix this problem. i have installed the libstdc++5 package already. If possible please help me out and if you can please make it as detaild as possible because I dont have much experience with this stuff.

[aysiu]

Try this. It's a script that automates the Wiki instructions.
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firefox

[morbid_bean]

alright then ill give that a try thanks

[aysiu]

alright then ill give that a try thanks

I just modified it today to point to 1.5.0.2 instead of 1.5.0.1, but I haven't had a chance to test the revised script yet. Please let me know if it fails, and I'll try to tweak it more. Sorry to make you the guinea pig.

[morbid_bean]

GREAT!! now another problem
after i do step 3 it asks for a password...i do know the password however when i try to type it in nothing happens my keyboard is almost new so i know it isnt messed up.

[towsonu2003]

sudo tar -C /opt -x -z -v -f firefox-1.5.0.1.tar.gz

make sure you use sudo in the above command (command is from the wiki).

[morbid_bean]

Im sorry i have no clue what you mean by that?....do i type that code very first in the terminal thing?