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
Add the JAVA PPA
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.
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:
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:
7 comments:
Actually I like my method better. What makes the alternate method better for you?
I found this to be an excellent tutorial.
Just one typo were it says
"Now, in the same /usr/lib/jvm/ folder, find a sub folder named java-6-sun618/ or something similar, and rename it to sun-6-sun/ (/usr/lib/jvm/sun-6-sun/)."
It should be
"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/)."
Maybe it will work anyway i'm no expert just to let you know but thanks for the fix
Yeah, it was a typo. Thanks for pointing that out. I posted kind of in a hurry and didn't proof it well. I do the procedure all the time and never did notice that.
Charles
This worked wonderfully, thanks. For the time being, I was using Chromium for java. This is now no longer necessary. Nice.
You're welcome lumpy. It's no longer needed. All you have to do now is select the partner repository and refresh.
Then you will find the newest builds of sun java installable from synaptic package manager.
Thanks for your procedure! I had downloaded the java jre but didn't know I had to create the plugins directory for Firefox 3.6. This wasn't necessary for Firefox 3.5.
Thanks again!
Glad this helped you Frank...
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