Firefox 4 for Linux is available for download now. Mozilla has released Firefox 4 with improved performance and advanced security promising an intuitive experience. They have revamped the UI including Awesome bar, Firefox button, Bookmark button along with Tab organiser and panorama view. Check out the complete features here.
As usual Ubuntu users running Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) and Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) can install Firefox 4 RC via Terminal or Software center GUI. If you are not sure about how to access terminal or don’t want to mess things download Firefox 4 tar.bz file and click to install. Download Firefox 4 tar file from here to install it offline.
Install Firefox 4 via Terminal :
Go to Applications > Terminal and enter the following commands carefully,
- sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install firefox
Install Firefox 4 via GUI Software Center :
Launch Ubuntu Software Center. Head over to Edit > Software Sources and click the ‘Other Software’ tab. Press ‘Add’ and then add the PPA ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable.
After that you need to update sources. For that go to System > Administration > Update Manager to perform an upgrade.
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this was really helpful,thank you .
Ubuntu also provides another obtion.
That is, Custom Install.
Can you inform about custom install.
(Download the latest soft from mozilla firefox – firefox 4, and install it.)
Thanks for sharing trick installation
I have succesfully installed firefox to Ubuntu 10