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firefox-3.0 package

Help on updating firefox

Asked by WishingMaster

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

hi,

i am trying to update firefox from 3.04b to latest version but its says there are no updates available. i am running ubuntu 8.04. Also i am running firefox as a root user. please advice about how to update firefox to latest version.my e-mail id is (<email address hidden>).regards.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jan 14 15:33:07 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: firefox 3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-12-generic i686

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This question was originally filed as bug #317050.

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WishingMaster (rajat-kapani) said : 		#1
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Kjell Braden (afflux) said : 		#2

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs .

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talsemgeest (talsemgeest) said : 		#3

You can download the latest version of firefox from their website: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#4

To update your firefox to latest repositories included Firefox simply upgrade your system...

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type:
(when the system ask you a password give your user password, you will not see nothing when you type it, then press enter)

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Hope this helps

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WishingMaster (rajat-kapani) said : 		#5

thanks to each one of you! the issue is resolved now.