How to Install Firefox using tarHow to Install Firefox using tar.bz file? Manual instllation on Ubuntu LInux

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikY-Zjd1gI2bzj342kLxX9d5EfEnt7oZLW6oIwmXZXB9Emqqj1NGg1k7R3K_HE8A7Q8EqqrYaMFxFDe26P6picZuK4g8RRVwL41X4QeqBDUN1N-_Mf4COKFiHINFusa6zpp9qa58qxEEE/s1600/Ubuntu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikY-Zjd1gI2bzj342kLxX9d5EfEnt7oZLW6oIwmXZXB9Emqqj1NGg1k7R3K_HE8A7Q8EqqrYaMFxFDe26P6picZuK4g8RRVwL41X4QeqBDUN1N-_Mf4COKFiHINFusa6zpp9qa58qxEEE/s320/Ubuntu.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">1.Download firefox-5.0.1.tar.bz2 file.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">2.Extract the File(just right click and select Extract here)</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">3. Move the folder to your Home folder(/home).  Just cut and paste inside your  home folder.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /> </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">4.Open the Terminal and Enter this command(this will make your system recognize the new firefox location):</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">sudo ln -s ~/firefox/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">5.You also need to create a symbolic link from the system plugins folder, so the new version can detect the plugins. So enter the Following commandsin terminal</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /> </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">rm -fr ~/firefox/plugins</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Next enter this:</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">sudo ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins ~/firefox/plugins</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /> </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you want to uninstall and like to work with default firefox:</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Enter these commands:</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /> </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">rm -r ~/firefox</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">sudo rm /usr/local/bin/firefox</span></div> <br /> <br /></div>

1.Download firefox-5.0.1.tar.bz2 file. 2.Extract the File(just right click and select Extract here) 3. Move the folder to your Hom...

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