I was debating on weather or not to write this guide but since I have to keep recalling the steps for my own use, I'll post it here. This will be short and with little explanation since it's for my own use mainly.
For Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic), open a terminal and paste the following:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox-3.6 <or close the terminal, and run the update manager>
For ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) Users First you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
add the following lines
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu jaunty main
Save and exit
Update the source list
sudo apt-get update
Install firefox 3.6 stable
sudo apt-get install firefox-3.6
For ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) Users First you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
add the following lines
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu intrepid main
Save and exit
Update the source list
sudo apt-get update
Install firefox 3.6 stable
sudo apt-get install firefox-3.6
For ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) Users First you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
add the following lines
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu hardy main
Save and exit
Update the source list
sudo apt-get update
Install firefox 3.6 stable
sudo apt-get install firefox-3.6
Updating Java and making it work
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/voronov84/andreyv/ubuntu karmic main
Go to the PPA homepage and grab the key if you need it;
Okay, now you can run your update manager and let it upgrade your JAVA install... It won't function properly due to an install bug but we'll fix than on short order.
Making Java work properly with Firefox 3.6
Now you need to navigate to the ~/.mozilla directory and make a folder called plugins (~/.mozilla/plugins/).
Now using the terminal, run the command gksu nautilus to open a root file browser session. From there navigate to the following location:
/usr/lib/jvm/
Find the folder named java-6-sun/ and rename it to java-6-sun.bak/ (/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun.bak)Now, in the same /usr/lib/jvm/ folder, find a sub folder named java-6-sun618/ or something similar, and rename it to java-6-sun/ (/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/).
Now from a terminal screen run the following command:
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/
That should do it...
