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Linux Mint 12 Lisa 32bit Howto Install Firefox Nightly 23 Browser Easy Visual-Guide

The Guide Show How-to Install the Latest Firefox Nightly 23 Browser i686 on Linux Mint 12 Lisa 32bit 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 Linux Mint Desktop.

Download Firefox Nightly for Linux:

Firefox 23 i686 tar.bz2

The Nightl yRelease is on American English Language So to Go-Trunky you Have Only this Choice...
Double-Click on the Archive and Extract into /tmp
Open a Terminal Window
Relocate Firefox Nightly
Login as SuperUser
```
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
```
Create an Nightly Launcher for Easy&Quick Starting:

Linux Mint Desktop Launcher

Inside Detailed Instructions about Howto Create an Application Launcher on Linux Mint 12/13.

How-to Install Google-Chrome Browser for Linux-Mint:

Install Google-Chrome for Mint

The Link Contains Detailed Guides about Installing Google-Chrome Browser on Mint Distro.