Firefox is a free and open source web browser, It is the favorite web browser for most of the internet users. Recently the Mozilla team has released the latest stable version 6.0 on August 16, 2011. This latest version can be installed on your Ubuntu machine by using PPA.
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This Post Updated on November 4, 2011.
To Install Firefox 7 in Ubuntu 11.04
In Ubuntu 11.04 you just update the repository and upgrade it. You can directly install the latest version 7.0. Run the following commands one by one in your terminal and type the password for the user, when prompted.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox
The above command will install the latest stable version.
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To Install Firefox 7 in Ubuntu 10.10 / 10.04
In Ubuntu 10.10 / 10.04 you need to add Mozilla PPA to your repository, then install it. Open a terminal and use the following commands one by one, type the password for the user when prompted.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox
The above command will install the Firefox 7 in your Ubuntu machine. To check the version of your web browser start it and select About Firefox from Help menu. Check the screen shot below.
Hope this will be helpful for you!!!
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