The Guide shows you How to Install the Latest Firefox Latest Stable Release x8664 on Debian 6 Squeeze GNOME 64-bit Linux Desktop.
So to make easier the Visualization of the whole process the Guide includes the essential Screenshots.
Inside you find also detailed instructions about How to Create a Launcher for Firefox Browser on Debian GNOME Desktop.
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Download Latest Firefox x8664 for Linux:
Firefox x8664 tar.bz2 -
Double-Click on Archive and Extract Into /tmp
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Open a Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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Relocate Firefox
Login as SuperUser.
su
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
Make a Firefox Directory.
mkdir /opt/firefox
Move Firefox Into firefox-Latest so to Prepare for a Possible Firefox Multi-Version Coexistence
sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/firefox && mv /tmp/firefox/firefox /opt/firefox/firefox-latest
Make a firefox-Latest Symlink for Easy-Starting.
ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox-latest/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox-latest
Next you Can Start Firefox from Terminal with
firefox-latest
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Create a Firefox-Latest Easy&Quick Launcher
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