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As title says, I'm trying to install firefox 3.6. However, I have no luck with achieving that.

I tried

apt-get install firefox-3.6

and after installation in about: there is "Firefox 5.0"

How can I force 3.6 to install ?

genesis
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Firefox 3.6 is only available in Lucid and Maverick repositories. If you are using Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, then Firefox 5 is what you get.

You could download Firefox 3.6 from Mozilla and run it from you home or /opt, but if you provide more info about why you want to downgrade, then maybe we can help. Firefox 3.6 support won't last long. Besides, it is much slower than Firefox 5.

lovinglinux
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  • reason: http://superuser.com/questions/301841/force-firefox-to-install-add-on – genesis Jun 25 '11 at 01:39
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    I do use Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS because I had internet problems on 11.04 (system releated, not connection) – genesis Jun 25 '11 at 01:41
  • Do you have any ppa for Firefox installed? I can't think of a reason for Firefox 5 being installed, unless you have a ppa that provides that version, since it is not in Lucid official repos. So, you need to disable the ppa, update and install firefox again. BTW, just use sudo apt-get firefox. No need to add the 3.6 to the command. – lovinglinux Jun 25 '11 at 01:58
  • I used this command before add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa However, if I wasn't using "-3.16", it will AUTOMATICALLY install the latest version – genesis Jun 25 '11 at 01:59
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    Also, it seems Firesheep is not supported on Linux. – lovinglinux Jun 25 '11 at 01:59
  • wow, some reference ? – genesis Jun 25 '11 at 02:00
  • It works fine to this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7CPgXiODzo – genesis Jun 25 '11 at 02:00
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    After reading what Firesheep does, I don't think it would be approved by Mozilla to be hosted on AMO. You might even get into legal trouble, since the add-on allows to log to web sites with other users cookies. For that reason, I will refrain from helping you any further. Please read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firesheep – lovinglinux Jun 25 '11 at 02:08
  • The reference you asked for: http://codebutler.github.com/firesheep/ – lovinglinux Jun 25 '11 at 02:09
  • There are also people which does not abuse these apps and I want to try it on my OWN application on my OWN PC and NB. I am aware of these bad things – genesis Jun 25 '11 at 02:10
  • In the YouTube video, the guy is using Chrome, not Firefox. Anyway, you need to disable or remove the mozilla-daily ppa and reinstall firefox package. I haven't tested mozilla-daily recently, but they changed some things and it is using firefox-trunk for the latest nightly builds. I presume the regular firefox package is being updated to Firefox 5, which is the latest stable. – lovinglinux Jun 25 '11 at 02:20
  • BTW, if you just need for testing, download Firefox 3.6 from Mozilla and install it in your home or opt directory. You can also use my FoxTester add-on, which allows to test multiple versions with just a few clicks. See https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/foxtester/ – lovinglinux Jun 25 '11 at 02:23
  • I tried to download 3.6 package from official source, but it ALWAYS showed me that I have 5.0 installed! But thanks for link ! – genesis Jun 25 '11 at 02:24
  • I have a tutorial on how to install manually downloaded Firefox, but my site is down right now. What you need is to extract it to your home, then start Firefox via command-line like ~/firefox/firefox, assuming you extracted to your home. BTW, Firefox 5 needs to be closed first. – lovinglinux Jun 25 '11 at 02:27
  • It looks like foxtester doesnt work for me :( I can't click on that icon – genesis Jun 25 '11 at 02:34
  • Then disable mozilla-daily and reinstall firefox. – lovinglinux Jun 25 '11 at 03:01
  • How can I disable that? :/ – genesis Jun 25 '11 at 03:05
  • Open "System >> Administration >> Software Sources", click "Other Software" tab, untick the mozilla-daily entries, click "Close". It will update. Then reinstall firefox with: sudo apt-get install --reinstall firefox – lovinglinux Jun 25 '11 at 14:00
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ubuntu: downgrade to firefox 3.6

wget "http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.6&os=linux&lang=en-US"

tar xvjf firefox-*.bz2

sudo cp -r firefox /usr/lib/firefox-3.6

sudo mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox.old
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/firefox-3.6/firefox /usr/bin/firefox-3.6
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/firefox-3.6 /usr/bin/firefox
devav2
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Karizomie
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On ubuntu 11.04 you can easily install Firefox from the command line.
Get the amd64.deb packages from here :

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.24 on ubuntu 10.04 to 11.04 x86_64
http://www.crashrecovery.org/firefox/3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1/

installation : first remove all of your Firefox 5.0 stuff with dpkg -r or even
dpkg --purge, next install firefox, firefox-branding and firefox-gnome-support :

[acer30:root]:(~)# <b>dpkg -i firefox_3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_amd64.deb firefox-branding_3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_amd64.deb firefox-gnome-support_3.6.24+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_amd64.deb

blade19899
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user51078
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check out http://blog.troyastle.com/2011/06/downgrade-to-firefox-36-on-ubuntu-natty.html. Sometimes you need to do this if the owners of a website you need have put in code and/or features that are firefox version specific.

Thomas Ward
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Betchern0t
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