Friday, May 31, 2013

How-to Install Firefox Aurora 23 Browser on Linux Xubuntu 12.10 Quantal amd64 Easy Visual-Guide

The Guide Show How-to Install Latest Firefox Aurora 23 Browser for Linux Xubuntu 12.10 Quantal 64bit Desktop.

 

The Firefox Aurora Version can Coexist with the Eventual Others Firefox Versions without making Troubles, this Meaning that Once Fired Up it Will Just Load the Default Firefox Environment that is Shared Between Every Firefox Instance on System.

 

More than this Once Installed it Will Plug-In the Firefox Aurora Channel and Like Every Other Firefox Version in the Future will Follow to be Automatically Updated to the Newest Firefox Aurora 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 Aurora on Xubuntu Linux Desktop and How-to Install the Evernote Clone.

Unbuntu & Firefox Aurora

  1. Download Latest Firefox Aurora for Linux:

    Firefox 23 Aurora x8664 tar.bz2
  2. Double-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp Linux Xubuntu Firefox Archive Extraction
  3. Open Terminal Window
    Linux Xubuntu 12 Open Terminal
  4. Relocate Firefox Aurora

    Login as SuperUser

    sudo su

    Make a Firefox Directory

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

    Make a Symlink for Easy-Starting

    ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox-aurora/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox-aurora
    Next you Can Start Firefox from Terminal with
    firefox-aurora
  5. Create a Custom Launcher for Easy-Starting:

    Xubuntu How Menu Launcher
    Firefox Xubuntu Desktop Launcher
  6. How-to Install Evernote Linux Clone on Linux Xubuntu:

    Install Evernote for Xubuntu
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