How to Install Firefox 3.5 on Ubuntu 9.04 with Ubuntuzilla

Sometimes Ubuntu does not add the newer version of software packages like firefox to the repository. But still you can install the latest build of firefox on Ubuntu Linux. Ubuntuzilla is an open source python script that allows the user to install the latest versions of Mozilla Firefox on Ubuntu Linux. An update checker of Ubuntuzilla performs automatic checks and updates to keep your system up-to-date with possible changes in the Mozilla website and release servers.

Steps to use Ubuntuzilla to install Firefox 3.5.2 on Ubuntu Linux.

Step-01 - Download .deb installer of the latest release of Ubuntuzilla and save it to your computer disk. Users of 64 bit Ubuntu must download the amd64 package and users of 32 bit Ubuntu must get the i386 package. To determine which one you have, run command.

uname -m

64 bit users would see x86_64, 32 bit users would see i686.

Step-02 – Double-click on the .deb to install Ubuntuzilla (refer Screenshot above). If double-clicking doesn’t start a package installer use the following commandline to install ubuntuzilla:

sudo dpkg -i /path/to/ubuntuzilla*.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

Step-03 – Enter the following command to run the script

ubuntuzilla.py -a install -p firefox

Step-04 –  Follow the on-screen instructions until you notice the message- ‘The new Firefox version 3.5 has been installed successfully’.

If you want to uninstall the firefox then use following script to uninstall the Mozilla build of Firefox 3.5

ubuntuzilla.py -a remove -p firefox

Note: It is advisable not to run ubuntuzilla with sudo. That will mess up the ownership of some of the files in your home directory (e.g., the stuff in ~/.gnupg). For more information visit Ubuntuzilla.

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