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This how-to supposes that the downloaded file is saved in the "Downloads" directory situated in your home directory.
2. Extract
The downloaded file is a compressed .tar.bz2 archive. In case you want to Learn more on these extensions: tar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_%28file_format%29) , bzip2 (http://en.wikipedia.org
/wiki/Bzip2) .
To extract this juicy archive, open the Downloads directory. Look for a file named firefox11.0.tar.bz2, right-click on it and select "extract here". Alternatively, you can extract the archive from the command line:
cd ~/Downloads/ tar xjf firefox-11.0.tar.bz2
For those interested, here are the tar arguments used in the command: x : eXtract j : deal with bzipped file f : read from a file (rather than a tape device) The .tar.bz2 archive can now be deleted.
3. Move to /opt
External programs like LibreOffice, Google Chrome, Adobe reader, ... are all installed in the /opt directory. If you want more info about why, check out these two links: Where to install my products on linux? (http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4121) Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html) If you already had a previous Firefox version installed in the /opt directory, remove it with the following command:
sudo rm -r /opt/firefox
Now move the firefox directory which was created in your Downloads folder during extraction to /opt:
sudo mv firefox /opt/firefox11
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No need to update your icons/shortcuts, they should now launch the new version of Firefox. Your old Firefox version is still installed. If you want to use it, run firefox-old in a terminal or create shortcuts/icons referring to firefox-old.
Case 2: you want to keep using your "old" Firefox by default: Create a symbolic link pointing to the new Firefox version:
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox11/firefox /usr/bin/firefox11
Launch the newly installed Firefox by running firefox11 in a terminal, or create shortcuts/icons referring to firefox11.
You also should consider changing back or removing symbolic links which pointed to the old Firefox directory. Change back:
sudo mv /usr/bin/firefox-old /usr/bin/firefox
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