How-to Install Firefox Beta on Kubuntu 13.10 Saucy Linux 32/64-bit Easy Guide

October 17th, 2013 by thelinuxevangelist

How-to Install Firefox Beta on Kubuntu Linux

The Guide Shows You How-to Install Firefox Beta 61 Browser i686/x8664 for Linux Kubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander KDE4 32/64-bit Desktop.

The Firefox Beta Version Coexists Perfectly with the Eventual Others Firefox Installations without Making Any Troubles, this Meaning that an Unique Firefox Base Environment will be Shared between All the Firefox Versions on the System.

Then All the Firefox Nightly Builds are Supplied after Deep Testing Phase and with an Advanced Degree of Stability so there are to Expect Very Few Upcoming Crashes and Troubles.

To Make Easier the Visualization of the How-to Install Firefox Beta on Kubuntu Linux I have Inserted the Essentials Screenshots of the Installation.

Inside the Instructions you will Find also a Link to How-to Create a Launcher for Firefox Browser on Kubuntu KDE Desktop.

Install Firefox Beta on Kubuntu Linux - Featured

  1. Download Firefox Beta for GNU/Linux:

    Firefox i686/x8664 tar.bz2
  2. Double-Click on the Archive and Extract into /tmpInstall Firefox on Kubuntu Linux Extraction
  3. Relocate Firefox Beta

    Login as SuperUser

    sudo su

    If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then Look: Solution

    Make a Firefox Directory

    mkdir /opt/firefox

    Move Firefox Into firefox-Beta so to Prepare for a Possible Firefox Multi-Version Coexistence 

    chown -R root:root /tmp/firefox && mv /tmp/firefox /opt/firefox/firefox-beta

    Make a Symlink for Easy-Starting

    ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox-beta/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox-beta

    Next you Can Start Firefox from Terminal with 

    firefox-beta

  4. Create a Firefox Beta Launcher for Easy&Quick-Starting:

    How-Launcher for Kubuntu

    5. So Now Thanks to the Mozilla Foundation You Should Finally Fully Enjoy a Firefox Beta Browser Installation Kubuntu Linux ;)

    And Finally You will have also the Little Honor to Contribute to Firefox Development Just Sending Some Anonymous Usage Data.

    How-to Install Google-Chrome Browser for Kubuntu:

    Install Google-Chrome for Kubuntu

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