Question on Firefox 2 and Ubuntu Dapper.
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From: ChrisC on 5 Jan 2007 10:04 I want to update to Firefox 2 although in Synaptic Manager the only version is 1.5 something. If I want to update to version 2. Would it be crafty and wise to change the sources.list file to update to edgy rather than dapper and then I should I assume get the option to update to Firefox version 2. From what I gather edgy's repos have this option. So I guess what I'm asking is can I fool dapper into getting edgy repos and get the firefox upgrade through apt-get firefox? Obviously I would have to update the repos once I changed the sources.list file. Or is this all highly dangerous???
From: Robert Harris on 5 Jan 2007 10:28 ChrisC wrote: > I want to update to Firefox 2 although in Synaptic Manager the only > version is 1.5 something. If I want to update to version 2. Would it be > crafty and wise to change the sources.list file to update to edgy > rather than dapper and then I should I assume get the option to update > to Firefox version 2. From what I gather edgy's repos have this option. > So I guess what I'm asking is can I fool dapper into getting edgy repos > and get the firefox upgrade through apt-get firefox? Obviously I would > have to update the repos once I changed the sources.list file. > > Or is this all highly dangerous??? > No - edgy and dapper don't mix because of library dependencies and so forth. Use Ubuntu backports instead - go to <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=40291> Robert
From: Chris on 5 Jan 2007 10:23 ChrisC wrote: [ follow-up set to u.c.o.l as don't have access to alt.* ] > I want to update to Firefox 2 although in Synaptic Manager the only > version is 1.5 something. If I want to update to version 2. Would it > be crafty and wise to change the sources.list file to update to edgy > rather than dapper and then I should I assume get the option to update > to Firefox version 2. From what I gather edgy's repos have this > option. So I guess what I'm asking is can I fool dapper into getting > edgy repos and get the firefox upgrade through apt-get firefox? > Obviously I would have to update the repos once I changed the > sources.list file. > > Or is this all highly dangerous??? For a self-confessed noob it could be highly dangerous. If you really want FF 2.0 you best bet is probably to remove the ubuntu version and get the latest download from Mozilla and install that instead. This way you have the added advantage of getting updates automatically from Mozilla.
From: ChrisC on 5 Jan 2007 14:37 Chris wrote: > For a self-confessed noob it could be highly dangerous. > > If you really want FF 2.0 you best bet is probably to remove the ubuntu > version and get the latest download from Mozilla and install that > instead. This way you have the added advantage of getting updates > automatically from Mozilla. Whats do you think of this http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firefox method?
From: Chris on 8 Jan 2007 06:33
ChrisC wrote: > > Chris wrote: > >> For a self-confessed noob it could be highly dangerous. >> >> If you really want FF 2.0 you best bet is probably to remove the >> ubuntu version and get the latest download from Mozilla and install >> that instead. This way you have the added advantage of getting >> updates automatically from Mozilla. > > Whats do you think of this http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firefox > method? I don't use Ubuntu so I guess it looks OK. But, it doesn't really add anything above and beyond what's included during Mozilla-supplied updates as everything should be set-up in your plugins directory already. |