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Running The Latest Firefox Version On Debian Squeeze We all know that Debian is a production like GNU/Linux operating system, thus the software available by default in the repository servers is not always the newest version. I created this tutorial to help those interested in running the latest version of the graphical Internet browser Mozilla Firefox.
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Well, good luck with that. The only versions available on that site you posted are still pretty old compared with the latest version of Mozilla Firefox (today 10.0)
If you follow the tutorial you can quickly upgrade to the latest version, and it's new features. The same procedure can be follow for a fresh install.
Thank you for the feedback.
Sincerely,
The version of the firefox release channel on mozilla.debian.net lacks only 2 or 3 days. So 3 days after Firefox 10 was official I got the version from that repository.
Who can't wait 3 days?
Seconded
Instead of criticize, and bitch about the tutorial which accomplish something some users specially newbies in Linux would like to see, why don't you all create a better version of the step by step of the very secure and efficient way to maintain the latest version of Mozilla Firefox in Debian Linux 64bit.
Now if this guide was rewritten to support deb creation... I`d give it a thumbs up.
Another option could be using the packages provided by the Debian Mozilla Team [1]
[1] http://mozilla.debian.net/
Following the instrucctions of that link, it is possible to upgrade Iceweasel with apt-get update && apt-get upgrade.
I've tested this way successfully from Iceweasel 8 to 10.
I subscribe to the idea of my previous fellow poster (above): you will get into more trouble if you follow this article.
Go to http://mozilla.debian.net/ and follow the instructions there.
That will keep you on the stable channel of Firefox and you won't have to download, compile and install everytime you want to update your system.
it's an interesting method. i wonder if i'm a very bad person for downloading the binary from the firefox website, unpacking it in /opt, and then symlinking the executable to /usr/bin. from there on it notifies me of updates and it's quite straightforward.
also, of course, firefox is never in debian repositories, old and new versions alike.
I have been having problems with strange compilation issues and files missing where I expected the compiled binaries to be.
I finally got a proper Firefox.
./configure
then
make (with no parameters)
worked out.
does this works with debian 7 (wheezy)?
thanks
Is there a way to install the latest Firefox and have it auto update in a reliable way? Just installing some version as a one-off isn't that big a deal and not really that helpful.