Upgrade to Firefox 3.6 Stable in Ubuntu

This is a quick guide on how to upgrade Firefox in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). It’s a pretty straightforward process and only requires basic Ubuntu skills.

Start by going to System > Administration > Software Sources.

Click the “Other Software” tab, and click the “Add” button near the bottom-left. A dialog box will pop up. Copy and paste this text into the box: “ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu”.

Click “Add Source” when you’re done. Click the “Close” button on the “Software Sources” screen. Ubuntu will ask you if you want to reload the list of available software, click “Reload”.

Once Ubuntu has reloaded the available software, go to System > Administration >Update Manager. New Firefox updates will be available. Click “Install Updates”.

Wait for the update process to finish, and that’s it! You’re now running the latest and greatest Firefox 3.6.

I’d imagine you’ll be able to follow these same (or very similar) steps on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx when Firefox 3.7 (or later) is released.

You can check out the Firefox 3.6 Release Notes here.

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