Wednesday, January 9, 2013

How-to Install Firefox Nightly 22 x86_64 Browser on Linux BackTrack/Kali 5 R3 KDE4 64bit Easy Visual-Guide

The Guide Show Step-by-Step How-to Install Firefox 22 Nightly Browser 64bit for Linux BackTrack/Kali 5 R3 KDE4 Amd64 Desktop.

 

The Firefox Nightly Version Coexist Perfectly with the Eventual Others Firefox Installations without Making Any Troubles, this Meaning that an Unique Firefox Base Environment will be Shared between All the Firefox Versions on the System.

 

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 Firefox Browser on BackTrack 6 KDE Desktop.

 

Firefox Nightly & BackTrack
  1. Download Latest Firefox Nightly:

    Firefox 22 x86_64 tar.bz2
  2. Right-Click > Open with Ark Install Firefox KDE4 Extraction

    Extract Into /tmp

  3. Open Terminal Window
    Linux Kde4 Open Terminal
  4. 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
  5. Create Application Launcher for Quick-Starting:

    Guide to Create KDE Launcher
  6. How-to Install Google-Chrome Browser on Linux BackTrack:

    Install Google-Chrome for BackTrack