[Solved]Installing Firefox

[theAdmiral]

How do I install Firefox in Kubuntu? I have tried the command line, no go. I have tried instructions on the web, no go. As I recall, it was pretty easy on my desktop, but that was a while ago. Now, on my laptop, same OS, am having trouble remembering how to do it. Can someone help, please?

Thanks,
theAdmiral

[doctordruidphd]

Re: Installing Firefox

Actually, the current version is in the repositories. It may have ubuntu branding in some way, but it seems to work the same.

Otherwise, as I recall, just tar -xvf the tarball from the firefox site, and move the directory to /usr/bin, then make menu links to /usr/bin/firefox/firefox. Make sure a+r and a+x attributes are set. If root owns it, you won't be able to do updates, so you may want to play with group permissions to be able to update it as a user.

[aged hippy]

Re: Installing Firefox

How do I install Firefox in Kubuntu? I have tried the command line, no go. I have tried instructions on the web, no go. As I recall, it was pretty easy on my desktop, but that was a while ago. Now, on my laptop, same OS, am having trouble remembering how to do it. Can someone help, please?

Thanks,
theAdmiral

If you install Ubuntuzilla via Adept, then go here: http://ubuntuzilla.wiki.sourceforge.net/ and follow the instructions there is no 'branding' and other such rubbish installed (that i'm aware of), you can even install an older version if you download one and copy it to .temp.

The only command-line command you will need is:

ubuntuzilla.py -a install -p firefox

but these two are also available:

ubuntuzilla.py -a install -p thunderbird
 
ubuntuzilla.py -a install -p seamonkey

Good Luck.... and have Fun.

[Teunis]

Re: Installing Firefox

I am puzzled by this question, most popular applications are available through the repositories and can be accessed by the package manager.
In the case of Kubuntu the package manager is Adept and firefox-3.0 is available.