N00B: update firefox to 1.5.0.1?

[Andruk Tatum]

how do i do this? im a little confused in this thread: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=4494

so, i have fx 1.0.6 and i would like to update to 1.5.0.1, but i dont know how. Im also a little confused in how to get the whole "apt -get install firefox" thing too, when i do that as root (or any other user) my comp says that it isnt a command, so, once again, please provide *very* detailed answers (like where to click and stuff). TIA.

[Lavene]

how do i do this? im a little confused in this thread: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=4494

so, i have fx 1.0.6 and i would like to update to 1.5.0.1, but i dont know how. Im also a little confused in how to get the whole "apt -get install firefox" thing too, when i do that as root (or any other user) my comp says that it isnt a command, so, once again, please provide *very* detailed answers (like where to click and stuff). TIA.

Firstly, the command is:

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apt-get install firefox

No spaces between "apt" and "-get".

Secondly, what branch of Debian are you using? Sarge, Etch or Sid? I think Firefox 1.5 still is in Sid (unstable) only. So if you're running Sarge (stable) I really wouldn't recomend installing it as it will probably require a rather big upgrade of your system.

However, it is Backported. So if you add the folowing line to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

# Backports
deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ sarge-backports main

Then do:

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apt-get update
apt-get install firefox

you should get FF1.5 compiled for Sarge.

If this was too cryptic don't hesitate to ask for more help.

Tina

[Kyo]

It works, just as Tina wrote. I'm using ff 1.5 now and it's great.

[Andruk Tatum .2]

well, im using fx 1.5.0.1 right now, and on both of my windows machines, it auto-updated to 1.5.0.2!

>.<

Oh well ,this is good enough.

Thanks!

BTW, how did you find out about that fx backport for sarge?

[piper]

The backport has been around for awhile, well since sarge came out (maybe longer), cause the month sarge came out I installed xorg on it instead of the old xfree. Don't get me wrong Sarge is a good stable system (still have it on my other box) and I learned alot from it, but I prefer SID or Kanotix. Server wise it is a good choice (sarge). Either way Debian is great no matter which road you take

Hi Lavene

[Lavene]

BTW, how did you find out about that fx backport for sarge?

I don't remember. Probably word of mouth

Hi Lavene

Hey piper, nice to see you here

Tina

[Andruk Tatum]

so, you know of any 1.5.0.2 backports...yet?

[kink]

Why would you be needing that backport? It just adds some very small fixes. Security bugs will be fixed in stable, so you don't need the backport for that.

However, if you've gotten a backport of 1.5.0.1, I think the same people will also make 1.5.0.2 available in due time.

[Harold]

If you want it that bad, go out to mozilla.com and download it. You'll get a file called firefox-1.5.0.2.tar.gz. Move it into /opt/ and do tar xzf firefox-1.5.0.2.tar.gz. No configuration required -- the directory /opt/firefox/ will contain everything needed for firefox to run. The executable will be /opt/firefox/firefox.