## NOTE TO EDITORS: ## ## This page was written when FF 3.5 had just been released, and the Mozilla Team were preparing packages for all current releases. ## ## If the Mozilla Team have *confirmed* that the latest Firefox will never be available for a modern version of Firefox, you may want to get tips from the following page: ## https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxNewVersion?action=recall&rev=134 ## That page was written when FF 3.0 had just been released, and the Mozilla Team would not prepare packages for Dapper. ||<>|| This page describes how to run Mozilla builds of Firefox in Ubuntu. This can be useful if you want to check whether a bug exists in upstream versions of Firefox, or if you prefer to run the official Mozilla releases. = Instructions = ||{{attachment:IconsPage/warning.png}}||''Unless you have a specific reason to run the Mozilla build, it's recommended to use the packages from the official Ubuntu repositories.''<
>See the [[../|recommended procedure]] for getting Firefox.|| == Ubuntuzilla repository == An easy way of installing a Mozilla build is to use the [[http://ubuntuzilla.sourceforge.net/|Ubuntuzilla]] project repository. Ubuntuzilla is for ordinary users that want to use the latest Mozilla build as their default browser. The Ubuntuzilla project's repository contains .deb repacks of the unmodified official Mozilla builds of Firefox, Thunderbird, and !SeaMonkey. Just add the repository to your sources, and you'll be kept up to date on the latest Mozilla releases through the package manager. See [[http://ubuntuzilla.sourceforge.net/|the Ubuntuzilla website]] for details and usage instructions. == Manual Installation == The following instructions will install Firefox in your home directory, and will use a different profile for Mozilla and Ubuntu builds of Firefox. 1. Go to the [[http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/|Firefox download page]] 1. Download Firefox for Linux 1. Extract the file you downloaded into `~/firefox` (e.g. by doing `tar jxf firefox*.tar.bz2 -C $HOME`) 1. Make a backup of your `~/.mozilla` directory (e.g. by doing `tar zcPf ~/mozilla-backup-$(date +%s).tar.gz ~/.mozilla`) Next, '''if this is the first time you have installed a Mozilla build''', do the following: 1. Quit any instances of Firefox you have open. 1. Run `~/firefox/firefox -ProfileManager` to start the Firefox profile manager 1. Create a new profile called ''mozilla-build'' 1. Make sure that the ''default'' profile is still selected 1. Click '''exit''' to close the profile manager ''(do not start Firefox)'' 1. Run the following shell script: {{{ mkdir ~/bin cat > ~/bin/firefox <>. The guide recommends extracting Firefox into your home directory. This is because extracting to another location (such as `/usr/local`) would require super-user permissions, without any benefit in the single-user case. If you want to provide new versions of Firefox on a multiple-user system, you are urged to use the [[../|recommended procedure]]. Installing non-Ubuntu software on a multi-user system massively increases your administrative burden - for example, you put your users at risk unless you manually update programs every time there's an update. The guide recommends that you create a `mozilla-build` profile for the downloaded version of Firefox. This is partially because of the above-mentioned compatibility issues, and partially because debugging Firefox is much easier with a fresh profile. ---- CategoryInternet