SOLVED replace ff31 with ff25

caddi daddi · Sep 21, 2014

I have just installed ubuntu 12.04 on a machine, it comes with firefox 31.
how do i replace it with firefox 25?

ATMINSIDE · Sep 21, 2014

You'd have to uninstall FF31, find a copy of FF25, install it, then disable updates.

caddi daddi · Sep 21, 2014

I can take it out, I have it downloaded and extracted, now what?

ATMINSIDE · Sep 21, 2014

Install FF25 and then disable updates.

caddi daddi · Sep 21, 2014

ok, so how do i install ff 25 in ubuntu?

ihrsetrdr · Sep 21, 2014

Here's a "how to" for installing ff32 on a Linux distribution; the process will be the same for installing the firefox-25.0.tar.bz2 file you've already downloaded.

I suspect that you might not care for Firefox's new arraingement(understandable) but I wonder if rolling back to v.25 is going to deprive you of needed security fixes.

If Chrome is an acceptable alternative then a quick

Code:

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

will give you an up-to-date browser, without the ff drawbacks.

caddi daddi · Sep 21, 2014

I need to install 25 due to add ons, this rig is a special build to the owners specs.
thanks, that was what I was looking for.

caddi daddi · Sep 22, 2014

at making the symbolic link i get 1n command not found.
the command i type is sudo 1n -s /opt/firefox25/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

Stratus_ss · Sep 23, 2014

caddi daddi said:
at making the symbolic link i get 1n command not found.
the command i type is sudo 1n -s /opt/firefox25/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

If thats exactly what your typing its a typoo. You need ln not 1n. ln stands for link. I dont know what 1n is

caddi daddi · Sep 23, 2014

Thank you, that is exactly what I was typing in.

so it would be LN.

caddi daddi · Sep 24, 2014

ok, got it done, it's just an ugly diamond shaped thing, I had to redo it three times!!!!!

#1, make sure you are in the right directory, use pwd to find out.
#2 make dang sure your not connected to the internet, it updates faster than you can turn updates off.
#3 ubuntu 12.04 has make link in the right click menu, found that after all the struggles!!!!!!

SOLVED replace ff31 with ff25

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