cannot install Firefox 3

[yatgirl]

I got the tar, extracted it and it even says it is installed in terminal.

However it is nowhere to be found. I tried to update firefox 2 to 3 but that didn't work so I just uninstalled the whole firefox program and tried to cleanly install firefox 3 from scratch.

hope someone can help,
chela

[pulpfile]

Re: cannot install Firefox 3

Did you try installing it from Adept Manager?

[Rog131]

Re: cannot install Firefox 3

Kubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon has in the repositories:

Package: firefox

Version: 2.0.0.15+1nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10 (gutsy-updates)
Version: 2.0.0.6+2nobinonly-0ubuntu1 (original gutsy version)

and

Package: firefox-3.0

Version: 3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~gutsy1 (gutsy-backports)
Version: 3.0~alpha8+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 (original gutsy version)

Hmm - b4; beta 4 ?


Ways to install Firefox > FAQ: Firefox


From the Mozilla tar ball:

Downloading firefox-3.0.tar.bz2. Here it is in the /media/sda6/tmp_firefox3/. If it is in the desktop then the path is /home/<USER>/Desktop; <USER> is your username.

In the konsole:

sudo tar -C /usr/local -xvf /media/sda6/tmp_firefox3/firefox-3.0.tar.bz2

This will unpack firefox to the /usr/local/firefox.

Check:

ls /usr/local

bin etc firefox games include lib man sbin share src

Symlinking:

sudo ln -s /usr/local/firefox/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox3

Check:

ls -l /usr/local/bin/firefox3

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2008-06-18 11:03 /usr/local/bin/firefox3 -> /usr/local/firefox/firefox

Now Firefox 3 will start with the command:

:~$ firefox3

Adding Firefox in the KDE menu:
Highlight an item in the section of K-menu (Internet), right click. A menu will appear, click "Edit menu" option. KDE Menu Editor starts. Now you can add Firefox to the menu.

[walfred]

Re: cannot install Firefox 3

Well, you don't need the tar file if you have internet connectivity.
Try from command line

sudo aptitude install firefox-3.0

Then you click on K -> Internet -> Firefox Web Browser

[yatgirl]

Re: cannot install Firefox 3

a BIG thank you to everyone who replied!