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| Question on Firefox 2 and Ubuntu Dapper. I want to update to Firefox 2 although in Synaptic Manager the only version is 1.5 something. If I want to update to version 2. Would it be crafty and wise to change the sources.list file to update to edgy rather than dapper and then I should I assume get the option to update to Firefox version 2. From what I gather edgy's repos have this option. So I guess what I'm asking is can I fool dapper into getting edgy repos and get the firefox upgrade through apt-get firefox? Obviously I would have to update the repos once I changed the sources.list file. Or is this all highly dangerous??? |
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| Re: Question on Firefox 2 and Ubuntu Dapper. ChrisC wrote: [ follow-up set to u.c.o.l as don't have access to alt.* ] > I want to update to Firefox 2 although in Synaptic Manager the only > version is 1.5 something. If I want to update to version 2. Would it > be crafty and wise to change the sources.list file to update to edgy > rather than dapper and then I should I assume get the option to update > to Firefox version 2. From what I gather edgy's repos have this > option. So I guess what I'm asking is can I fool dapper into getting > edgy repos and get the firefox upgrade through apt-get firefox? > Obviously I would have to update the repos once I changed the > sources.list file. > > Or is this all highly dangerous??? For a self-confessed noob it could be highly dangerous. If you really want FF 2.0 you best bet is probably to remove the ubuntu version and get the latest download from Mozilla and install that instead. This way you have the added advantage of getting updates automatically from Mozilla. |
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