Upgrade to Firefox 3.0.18

squirtmph · 02-23-2010, 07:30 PM

I can't update Firefox, and it crash allot when I use You tube.
I don't know why!
Version:

Quote:

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.18) Gecko/2010021501 Ubuntu/8.04 (hardy) Firefox/3.0.18

Terminal:

Quote:

sudo: /etc/apt/sources.list.: command not found
oem@freekbox:~$ /etc/apt/sources.list.
bash: /etc/apt/sources.list.: No such file or directory
oem@freekbox:~$ su
Password:
su: Authentication failure
oem@freekbox:~$ su
Password:
su: Authentication failure
oem@freekbox:~$ /etc/apt/sources.list
bash: /etc/apt/sources.list: Permission denied
oem@freekbox:~$

z-vet · 02-23-2010, 09:56 PM

What exactly you're trying to do in terminal?

squirtmph · 02-25-2010, 02:21 PM

Update Firefox to new update:
1-Update: Firefox 3.5 is released! Install Firefox 3.5 in Ubuntu the easiest way.
2-Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and add the following launchpad repo.
3-deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozi...ily/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozi...ily/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
4-Add the Launchpad PPA GPG key
5-sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 247510BE
How can i do that is there other way around here?
Thank you for helping me out.

snowday · 02-25-2010, 02:37 PM

Hi squirmph, Ubuntu 8.04 is the "long term support" release and it contains a very stable and well-tested version of Firefox. ubuntu-mozilla-daily is a totally unsupported and unstable 3rd party software source containing the daily development testing build of Firefox. Are you sure you want to do this? Do you have the technical skills to troubleshoot any issues that might arise from using an unstable web browser?

squirtmph · 02-25-2010, 10:46 PM

well I have old Firefox version and i have seeing branch result of new Firefox 3.5, but i do know the version I have is slow and is giving me problems browsing youtube.

But thank you for posting your comment

snowday · 02-26-2010, 10:05 AM

A safer way to get Firefox 3.6 is from Ubuntuzilla: http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/search/recent/

Or directly from Mozilla: http://firefox.com

Either method should give you the latest stable Firefox, rather than the daily development build.

squirtmph · 02-27-2010, 07:04 PM

How can I avoid Firefox crash ever time i click website contains audio & video?

Kenny_Strawn · 02-27-2010, 09:18 PM

To upgrade Firefox via the repos, you first have to upgrade Ubuntu. Maybe to the Lucid Lynx, considering it is the only version of Ubuntu that has or supports Firefox 3.6. Karmic supports 3.5 (and has 3.5), but is very buggy. My suggestion: Wait until Beta 1 of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (aka Lucid Lynx), add the Lucid repos manually, and then upgrade.

squirtmph · 03-02-2010, 11:23 AM

Thank you very much for posting you post and helping me out.
I will do that then.

tank's again