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Manual Install

• First, back up your bookmarks and settings:

   cd ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default
  mkdir ~/Desktop/ffsettings
  cp bookmarks.html cert8.db cookies.txt formhistory.dat hostperm.1 key3.db signons.txt history.dat  mimeTypes.rdf ~/Desktop/ffsettings
  

• Download Firefox from the Firefox website, and change to the directory you downloaded it to.

• Install it to /opt/firefox:

   # extract the tar file into /opt (you should make sure /opt already exists)
  sudo tar xzvf firefox-2.0.0.1.tar.gz -C /opt
  # remove the package if you no longer require it
  rm firefox-2.0.0.1.tar.gz
  

• Link to your plugins and remove totem-mozilla as it doesn't seem to work with Firefox 1.5.x or 2.x:

   sudo mv /opt/firefox/plugins /opt/firefox/plugins.bak
  sudo ln -s /usr/lib/firefox/plugins /opt/firefox/plugins
  sudo rm /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/libtotem_mozilla.*
  

• Change to your home directory, and rename your old profile, leaving it as a backup (using the existing profile may cause problems with Firefox 2.x):

   cd
  mv ~/.mozilla/firefox ~/.mozilla/firefox1.x.ubuntu
  

• To ensure it is used as the default version, modify the symbolic link in /usr/bin:

   # First, /usr/bin/firefox
  sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/firefox
  sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
  # Then, /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox, used as the default gnome browser
  sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox
  sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox
  

  The dpkg-divert command will move the original system-wide /usr/bin/firefox to a new name. The ln command will place a symlink to the newly installed Firefox in /usr/bin.

• Try it out:

   firefox
  

• Running Firefox in terminal may cause errors to show but don't worry about that, it will still work once Firefox is restarted. The reason for these errors is because Firefox 2 is checking for updates, which is not abnormal activity. Also, running this command make take a some time to execute, please be patient.

• Restore your old data:

   cd ~/Desktop/ffsettings
  mv * ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default
  

• Restore your search plugins:

   sudo cp -i --reply=no /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/searchplugins/* /opt/firefox/searchplugins/
  sudo cp -i --reply=no ~/.mozilla/firefox1.x.ubuntu/*.default/search/* /opt/firefox/searchplugins/
  

Some users are having a problem with the --reply=no flag, if you get output saying the --reply option is deprecated; use -i or -f instead remove the --reply=no flag and type no in the terminal for each plug-in.

• If you want to keep the original Ubuntu icon for Firefox, enter this command:

   sudo cp /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.xpm /opt/firefox/chrome/icons/default/default.xpm
  

Some users may find the icon with a different extension, they should use this command:

•  sudo cp /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png /opt/firefox/chrome/icons/default/default.xpm
  

• To ensure that other programs use version 2 of Firefox and not the old 1.x version, go to Preferences -> Preferred Applications in the System menu. For the "Web Browser" tab, choose "Custom" and then enter the command:

   firefox %s
  

• Firefox 2 should now be installed and working properly. If for whatever reason you become unhappy with Firefox 2 and would like to remove it, see the "Removing" section below for directions.

Restoring Extensions and Themes

In addition to restoring your settings, you can also restore your themes and extensions. As indicated above, this should only be done after running Firefox at least once and fully closing it.

• Backup the new profile (just in case):

   cd ~/.mozilla/firefox
  mkdir ffbackup
  mv profiles.ini *.default ffbackup/
  

• Restore your previous profile:

   # Shutdown firefox
  cp ~/.mozilla/firefox1.x.ubuntu/profiles.ini .
  cp -r ~/.mozilla/firefox1.x.ubuntu/*.default .
  

• Start Firefox and try it out.

A dialog may appear indicating that one or more extensions and/or themes are not compatible. This is normal and Firefox may be able to find the updates for you.

Updating from 2 to a later version

Backup your profile with:

cp -R ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla.backup.20x

(You may also want to consider backing up the profiles of other users on the system as they will be affected by the upgrade too).

There are two ways you can update Firefox to the newest version:

The first way is to close Firefox and give your user (yourself) file ownership:

sudo chown -R ${USER}:${USER} /opt/firefox

Start Firefox normally and update (Help -> Check for updates...) Once the update is completed, close Firefox and then restore ownership to root:

sudo chown -R root:root /opt/firefox

Do NOT browse other sites while firefox has these elevated permissions, that is without changing back the ownership of /opt/firefox over to root. Such a practice is not safe.

To update firefox you can run Firefox from the terminal with

gksudo firefox

Be sure to close any running version of Firefox first. Enter your password where prompted. Then check update (Help -> Check for updates...). If updates are found, apply the update and when it asks to restart, use the Restart option. When Firefox starts, you should see a Mozilla page confirming that you're using the latest version. Close Firefox and open it as a normal user (the way you usually open it). Firefox should now be updated to the newest version for all users. This way you don't have to change any file permissions and you won't forget to not change them back.

Note that in the second method, you must use the command

gksudo firefox 

Do not use

sudo firefox

instead as it may give some files in your home directory root ownership and cause problems.

Removing

If for some reason you want to undo the installation and revert back to the standard Firefox 1.0.7, here's how:

• Restore the symbolic links:

   # First, /usr/bin/firefox
  sudo rm /usr/bin/firefox
  sudo dpkg-divert --rename --remove /usr/bin/firefox
  # Then, /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox, used as the default gnome browser
  sudo rm /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox
  sudo dpkg-divert --rename --remove /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox
  

• Restore your old profile:

   cd
  mv .mozilla .mozilla-20
  mv .mozilla.ubuntu .mozilla
  

• (optional) Delete the firefox directory:

   sudo rm -r /opt/firefox
  

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