Monday, November 5, 2012

How-to Install Firefox 23 Nightly on Linux Fuduntu 2012 Gnome 32bit Easy Visual-Guide

The Guide Show How-to Install Firefox Nightly 23 32bit for Linux Fuduntu 2012 Gnome i686 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 :)

 

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

Firefox Nightly & Fuduntu

  1. Download Firefox Nightly for Linux:

    Firefox 23 i686 tar.bz2
  2. Double-Click on the Archive and Extract Firefox into /tmp Directory
    Fuduntu 2012 Extract Firefox Archive
  3. Open Terminal Window
    Fuduntu 2012 Gnome Open Terminal
  4. Relocate Firefox

    Login as SuperUser

    su
    mkdir -p /opt/firefox
    Move the Firefox-Nightly Directory
    mv /tmp/firefox /opt/firefox/nightly
    Adding Nightly to the System Path by a Symlink
    ln -s /opt/firefox/nightly/firefox /usr/bin/firefox-nightly
    Next you Can Start Firefox Nightly from Terminal Simply with
    firefox-nightly
  5. Create a Nightly Launcher for Easy-Starting:

    Linux Gnome App-Launcher
About Firefox Nightly