Hi! The Guide shows you Step-by-step How to Download and Install the Latest Firefox Browser 32-bit on Debian 6 Squeeze i386 Linux GNOME 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 Stable Release:
Firefox i686 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 Latest 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 Firefox-Latest Easy&Quick Launcher: