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Old 02-17-2007, 07:46 AM
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Re: Firefox 2 installation over 1.5 in Ubuntu. Update Problem

ChrisC illuminated the devils arse on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 06:52:39 -0800, by
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> I have Firefox 2.0 installed using a script which someone suggested. On
> dapper drake. I can now access Firefox 2 from the Icon on the top start
> bar. However, my problem is everytime the system wants to update, it
> wants to revert to 1.5. How do I get rid of this?
>
> My possible solution was that I was thinking of changing all the repos
> in the sources.list file to edgy fiesty I think. This would allow me
> access to version 2.0 in the edgy repo's. Also I would get all the
> latest edgy updates. Or is this a really bad idea?
>
> If so how do I stop the software update stop trying to update 2.0.0.1 to
> 1.5? Or downgrade as it were.



I presume you're running Dapper Drake (6.06). In which case, do not change
your repositories to feisty. upgrading this way could do serious damage.

You'll need to upgrade to Edgy Eft (6.10) first. Funnily enough, this
includes firefox 2 as standard.

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

If you really want to upgrade to Feisty, simply input those commands once
Edgy is installed.

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Old 02-17-2007, 07:46 AM