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How to install Firefox 4 on Ubuntu 10.10?

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SandySynaptik
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Actually I'm totally new to Linux world, and just downloaded it 2 days before and installed along with my XP, it has inbuilt Firefox 3.6.13 (outdated one) so I downloaded the new one on this location which is a tar.bz2 file, Now I want to know how to install this browser.

Please treat me well, I'm new to Linux

Actually I'm totally new to Linux world, and just downloaded it 2 days before and installed along with my XP, it has inbuilt Firefox 3.6.13 (outdated one) so I downloaded the new one on '''[http://jp-nii01.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/4.0/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-4.0.tar.bz2 this location]''' which is a '''tar.bz2 '''file, Now I want to know how to install this browser. Please treat me well, I'm new to Linux

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cor-el
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See:

SandySynaptik
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I've seen, this time too I get confused, where to enter those code?: e.g., bash$ cd ~ bash$ wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/.../firefox-<version>.tar.gz etc.

SandySynaptik
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Here comes the answer: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/151381

Yawndoe
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This is not a solution.

I have exactly the same problem. I have just started trying out Ubuntu 10 from a CD today. When tried to upgrade to FF4 and downloaded the tar.bz2 file it says it's a read only file. After extracting it, there seems to be no application or installation file.

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