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Install latest Firefox 3 Beta 3 in Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10

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Just noticed this. The latest Firefox 3 Beta ( at present Beta 3 RC ) is now available in the Ubuntu Gutsy Repositories. The Ubuntu guys had not updated the Firefox 3 Alpha in the repositories for a long time, but now it is done.

To install the latest Firefox 3 Beta in Ubuntu Gutsy

  1. Go to System —> Administration —> Software Sources
  2. Then go to Updates tab, and tick “Unsupported Updates” checkbox.
  3. Click Close. Ubuntu will ask you to reload the software list. Click Reload.
  4. Then open a Terminal window and type apt-get install firefox-3.0

After installing, goto Applications —> Internet —> Firefox 3 Web Browser.

The Firefox 3 Beta will not replace your existing stable install of Firefox 2. So don’t worry. ;) All your Firefox 2 settings and add-ons will remain intact. :)

Written by Manas

February 10th, 2008 at 12:21 am

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  1. Akhil Bansal

    12 Feb 08 at 3:57 pm

    Hi,

    I just installed it and it is working fine.

    Thanks for the TIP

  2. Manas

    12 Feb 08 at 4:07 pm

    @ Akhil – Glad to have helped you… ;)

  3. EoRaptor013

    29 Feb 08 at 8:58 am

    As of today (2008-02-28) the Ubuntu repository still holds Firefox 3.0-beta3pre, not the final beta 3 release.

  4. Manas

    2 Mar 08 at 10:55 am

    You are right. Sad that the Ubuntu developers are not updating the repository. :(

  5. Andrew

    2 Mar 08 at 11:13 am

    Mozilla Firefox will work in WinXP?
    Or only in Ubuntu?

  6. Manas

    2 Mar 08 at 1:09 pm

    Mozilla Firefox works on all platforms Windows, Linux and OS X.

  7. Jebus

    25 Apr 08 at 9:08 pm

    “Mozilla Firefox will work in WinXP”

    Are you stupid, or blind? Cuz those are the only 2 answers to your questions.

  8. Mikko Ohtamaa

    18 Jun 08 at 2:07 pm

    Looks like backports still contains beta4. Can’t wait for the release version!

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