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Karolinger
Asked: 2011-12-14 16:33:05 +0800 CST

How can install Aurora (Firefox) and keep updating it?

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I would like test the Aurora channel on Ubuntu 11.10. How can I do this?

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2 Answers

  1. Add the PPA for it:

    sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/firefox-aurora

    Then, sudo apt-get update and install firefox currently is at version 10. As they upload a new release of Firefox you will get an update.

    Remember, adding the Firefox Aurora Channel PPA will replace your current stable Firefox! This version of Firefox is not stable so you may find bugs! Use it at your own risk.

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  2. Best Answer

    A ppa is great, and used by most users. But if you want an alternate you simply download from Mozilla

    http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-aurora/

    You save the tar.bz in your home directory.

    You extract it with tar xjvf firefox-version

    At the time of this post it is

    tar xjvf firefox-10.0a2.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2

    Use tab completion (type firefox tab tab) ...

    You then run it with

    ~/firefox/firefox-bin

    The biggest potential advantages of this method is that it will install per user only, not system wide. On a multi-user system that might have an advantage.

    You can 'install' it system wide easily enough

    sudo cp -R ~your_user/firefox /usr/local

    You then run it with

    /usr/local/firefox/firefox-bin
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