Tuesday, April 23, 2013

How-to Install Firefox Nightly 23 Browser on Linux Xubuntu 13.04 Raring amd64 Easy Visual-Guide

The Guide Show How-to Install Firefox Nightly 23 Browser x86_64 for Linux Xubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail 64bit Desktop.

 

The Firefox Nightly Version can Coexist with the Others Firefox Versions without Troubles, this Mean that Once Fired Up it Will Just Load the Default Firefox Environment.

 

More than this Once Installed it Will Plug-In the Firefox Nightly Channel and Like Every Other Firefox Version in the Future will Follow to be Automatically Updated to the Newest Firefox Nightly Release. So it is Not a Wasting Time because You Install It Once and Keep Forever Freshly Updated :)

 

To Make Easier the Visualization of the Entire Process I have Inserted the Essentials Screenshots of the Installation.

 

Inside the Instructions you will Find also a Link to How-to Create a Launcher for the Firefox Nightly Browser on Xubuntu Desktop.

Firefox Nightly & Ubuntu

  1. Download Firefox Nightly for Linux:

    Firefox 23 x86_64 tar.bz2
  2. Double-Click on the Archive and Extract into /tmp Install Firefox Nightly on Xubuntu 12 Extraction
  3. Open Terminal Window
    Linux Xubuntu 12 Open Terminal
  4. Relocate Firefox Nightly

    Login as SuperUser

    sudo su

    Make a Firefox Directory

    mkdir /opt/firefox
    Move Firefox Into firefox-Nightly so to Prepare for a Possible Firefox Multi-Version Coexistence
    mv /tmp/firefox /opt/firefox/firefox-nightly

    Make a Symlink for Easy-Starting

    ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox-nightly/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox-nightly
    Next you Can Start Firefox from Terminal with
    firefox-nightly
  5. Create a Firefox-Nightly Easy&Quick Launcher:

    Xubuntu How Launcher
  6. How-to Install Google-Chrome Browser for Linux Xubuntu:

    Install Google-Chrome for Xubuntu
About Firefox Nightly